Example sentences of "[pron] were just [verb] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I were just pretending to him , because I ai n't really full of beans . |
| 2 | The flowers bloomed happily in the soft sunshine , complemented by the gently swaying leaves of the trees , which were just beginning to be touched by the colours of autumn . |
| 3 | The conditions for the crossing were not much worse than for the criminals who were just beginning to be shipped across from England in the 1670s , and the death rates were not much higher . |
| 4 | You were just pandering to prejudices — ‘ |
| 5 | People who made money demanded respect ; people who had none were just trash to be trampled underfoot , no matter what other gifts they had . |
| 6 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 7 | on that to sort of show you the power of the system we were just using to erm The obvious thing to do is to label every area of the diagram , and do n't forget they do sometimes say , Seven were not interested in |
| 8 | But I know that er the one or two people who told me that they 're going , er we were just going to the service in the church and then |
| 9 | He probably realised we were just going to sea . |
| 10 | They reached the surgery door at the same time as the strange little group and , as they ushered their client in , he said , ‘ We were just going to Sheldrake and Woodall when we saw your plate on Broom House gate . ’ |
| 11 | When Diana joined the Stewart-Richardsons they were just coming to terms with a family tragedy . |
| 12 | I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything . |