Example sentences of "[pron] just [vb -s] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas normally people would have , in the O U P , U K , which just happens to be 6 out of 31 . |
| 2 | And time out : Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys . |
| 3 | THEY say every picture tells a story … and these pictures show a woman who just wants to be alone . |
| 4 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 5 | As I told you , I did n't particularly take in her plans for the weekend , you know how one does n't , one just asks to be civil and does n't listen properly to the answer . ’ |
| 6 | You go for these people and ask for a board and this sort of thing it 's just , it just gets to be demeaning , the practice manager should have , should have |
| 7 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 8 | But that 's , but that 's what I mean , they 're making , they 're saying let's make , when the white people make films black and white people watch them , they 're not specifically made for white people , not specifically made for black people , it just happens to be white actors . |
| 9 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 10 | In this case it just happens to be true . ’ |
| 11 | It just has to be unpicked , wound into balls , reknitted and resteamed . |