Example sentences of "[was/were] just [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this could not be so if calling these things ‘ good ’ were just to reiterate that they promote the survival of the species . |
| 2 | It was just assumed that she had some ulterior motive in coming here , and she was n't allowed to defend herself . |
| 3 | It was just accepted that one day Sara would have a little inheritance . |
| 4 | Er but I say it , I was just using that as an example of how it brought it home to me how easy it is to get in . |
| 5 | Diane was just thinking that she 'd go around to the back and see how the Venetz sisters were getting along with the buffet , when somebody moved in and stood beside her ; Pete McCarthy , wearing a more-or-less new jacket and a pleasant smile , his tie already undone . |
| 6 | ‘ I was just thinking that now 's a good time . |
| 7 | ' I was ah — I was just thinking that we really must — must get Willy to give us another shot of his old car ; you know , the Mini he bombs up and down the sands on sometimes ? |
| 8 | I was just thinking that if the case were unblocked — ’ |
| 9 | I was just thinking that we might leave hypothesis aside . |
| 10 | I was just thinking that maybe at the beginning of the day people could , if she knows who is due she could actually write that in , and when they came she could just tick that that they 'd arrived . |
| 11 | ‘ I was just thinking that this is a most unexpected setting to find the Midnight Raider in . ’ |
| 12 | I was just thinking that we 're doing rather well with one or two steady accounts . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah erm oh well looks like we 're nearly drifting towards the end , again as I , as I say I 'm , I 'm , I 'm fairly , pretty happy with the questions erm you know er going back to what I was saying earlier I was just thinking that some of them might be more f easily phrased as non directional statements and you have the , you know , kind of have the words in the scales yeah right , good , so yeah |
| 14 | Oh that 's a very nice letter , I was just thinking that maybe erm Jill has n't got her birthday card cos she 's the type of person who would write and say thank you , you know to me |
| 15 | I was just thinking that the dinner 's probably only just come on , I did n't quite know how long , how late we be huh . |
| 16 | They asked him if they were making too much noise and he said no , not at all , he was just checking that everything was in order . |
| 17 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 18 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 19 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 20 | So I was just saying that this year it would be hopefully everybody will go through it . |
| 21 | I was just saying that during the course of today I hope you 'll complete a questionnaire . |
| 22 | ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman . |
| 23 | I was just saying that to Dad here this morning . ’ |
| 24 | I know but I , I was just saying that she |
| 25 | I was just saying that in that respect there 's not really much between John Major and Margaret Thatcher |
| 26 | The tower was off limits , after all , and someone was just ensuring that the Baron 's orders were carried out to the letter . |