Example sentences of "[noun sg] just [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wickham showed the photograph just to be sure . |
| 2 | Suddenly they were wearing expensive clothes on and off stage , taking cabs everywhere , men were showering them with gifts in an attempt just to be seen with them . |
| 3 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 4 | But they 'll also give you hours of pleasure just by being there . |
| 5 | Not for the money just to be , just to see how they go on |
| 6 | Mrs Clamp maintains that my father ought to have put the dog down years before all this happened , but I think the wet-jowled , yellow-bleary-eyed , fishy-smelling old hound must have worked on his sympathy just by being so repulsive . |
| 7 | He made a grunting noise just to be sure that Gurder heard him . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not come back to international rugby just to be the grandad of the B side . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't worked for my degree just to be handed a cosy role in the family firm ! |
| 10 | All they had to do was pile the earth back on top of the coffin and toss in a few bulbs of garlic just to be on the safe side . |
| 11 | It was heaven just to be in his arms , to lean against him , to breathe in his warmth , his fresh maleness . |
| 12 | So I hope you see , that this Aldershot method which several people have mentioned is is a very effective way of structuring what you do here it can also be used very simply in in a meeting just to be able to put your point across simply but effectively . |
| 13 | They drove in silence for a while , with Rachel content just to be beside him , happy in the knowledge that all their difficulties had somehow been resolved . |
| 14 | Item — Why did the King leave Edinburgh on such a night just to be with his Queen ? |
| 15 | There were girls who followed Must n't Grumble from gig to gig just to be near the boy , recording these concerts on reel-to-reel tape-recorders . |
| 16 | If your joints are good , no cramping is necessary but I did put a couple of webbing cramps on my chair just to be on the safe side . |
| 17 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
| 18 | In those days , they gave you a raise just for being in another movie . |
| 19 | After the past week at Loch Lomond , with Jake forever finding fault with her , it was like a dose of summer sunshine just to be accepted for what she was . |
| 20 | If SHe 'd known Jahsaxa 'd had hir fixed this way just to be an orgy machine , then SHe 'd never have gone through with it . |
| 21 | Why could n't he have had the decency just to be straight with her ? |
| 22 | And I know these people do n't feel free , I know they 're all hurrying along or sitting there worrying about their jobs or their mortgages or being late or an IRA bomb in the nearest litter-bin , but I look at them and feel a terrible sense of loss , because I think I 've surrendered all this ; the ordinariness of life , the ability just to be part of it and take part in it . |
| 23 | Even before I had learned to walk my eldest sister used to dump me in an orange box on the pavement next to Granpa 's pitch just to be sure I could start my apprenticeship early . |