Example sentences of "[det] [noun] just [verb] to be " in BNC.

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1 This lady just wants to be in touch , ’ says Lorraine .
2 Some people just want to be told what to eat .
3 The grass was lucky if it grew , was shone upon and rained upon , and was not burned , and was not pulled up by the roots , or poisoned , or buried when the ground was turned over , and some bits just happened to be on a line that humans wanted to walk on , and so got trampled , broken , pressed flat , with no malice ; just effect .
4 This call just had to be an act of purest derision , a flaunting of how well this enemy had foretold Jaq 's actions — or even was psychically alert to Jaq 's whereabouts .
5 That game just happens to be the Tennent 's Irish Senior Cup semi-final against Avoca .
6 I mean most women just want to be good at something , they 've got good-at minds , and they mean deftness and a flair and good taste and what-not .
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