Example sentences of "just [verb] to be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She just wants to be in bed for a day . |
| 2 | ‘ This lady just wants to be in touch , ’ says Lorraine . |
| 3 | Venables added : ‘ I just want to be in charge of a successful football club challenging for the league . |
| 4 | We shall be considering The Prelude as a poem at the appropriate point in the Critical Survey ; for the moment I propose to refer to it simply as evidence of Wordsworth 's internal struggles and preoccupations , as if it were a diary or a letter to a friend which just happens to be in verse . |
| 5 | And people are either just going to be in despair or else they 're going to revolt . |
| 6 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 7 | I wanted to ‘ do ’ someone I knew a little , but when I approached my number one seed , he served me up Roy as a better choice ( Roy just happened to be on holiday so not able to comment ) . |
| 8 | Both men had leapt to their feet and had been restrained from using violence by the mates of the shop steward , who just happened to be on hand . |
| 9 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 10 | Although the stark trees were just beginning to be in leaf , and familiarity had lessened the menacing air of the place , Theda still found herself uncomfortable within it . |