Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 2 | They were kidding themselves if they believed they were just electing a bunch of councillors to run local services . |
| 3 | Grinning as they approached — as well they might ! — pretending they were just passing by , brimming with glee , big muscular athletic boys . |
| 4 | Glen Hoddle says they 're just going to play the way they always do and and the team that settles into its style … whatever it is … will win … |
| 5 | She says they were just hoping they would go away without doing anything stupid . |
| 6 | He expected her to trust him , but as far as she could see they were just empty words . |
| 7 | But the defendants claimed they were just using the boards to shelter behind on a windy day , while they had a cup of tea . |
| 8 | I ca n't believe they 're just gon na leave me to go in to English on my own . |
| 9 | You know they 're just changing do n't you . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , come on , you know they 're just power-dressing . |
| 11 | But now we know they 're just wolves in sheep 's clothing , no amount of money is going to keep them away . ’ |
| 12 | You know they 're just shooting up all the time . |
| 13 | Remember they are just as important . |
| 14 | Yeah but then I suppose they 're just immature little boys are n't they ? |
| 15 | John Major 's inestimable contribution was to allow people to vote Conservative and still feel they were just about decent human beings . |
| 16 | The couple previously denied rumours of romance , saying they were just old friends . |
| 17 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 18 | Shire horses are proving they 're just as useful as tractors in maintaining ancient woodland . |
| 19 | But Cher insists they are just good friends . |
| 20 | I mean they 're just ordinary people . |
| 21 | Whether they have too much or what they have but , I mean they 're just they just think everybody owes them something , and it 's like Neil , I mean , to me I mean I ca n't see why he ca n't get off his backside and go and work in a supermarket but it 's not the job they want , the same answer I said |
| 22 | You know , it 's alright in our manager levels but if you go higher than that then I mean they 're just useless ! |
| 23 | Yeah they have , I mean they 're just |
| 24 | I mean they 're just things that the human body does . |
| 25 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 26 | And I mean the kids the kids that we yo yo some kids er , I mean they were just beautiful and other kids lost them within a couple of days ! |
| 27 | Chancellor Norman Lamont is about to announce a further cut in base rates , but most people fear they are just as likely to go up again in the New Year , according to a new survey . |
| 28 | But they insist they 're just normal . |
| 29 | They 're , they 're not intelligent , does that mean they 're just the same as animals ? |
| 30 | I do n't mean they were just knocked about a bit … they were smashed , stitches and a fractured jaw for one , severe abdominal bruising for the other . |