Example sentences of "[pron] just [vb -s] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1970s several teams attempted to refute this claim , arguing that the connection is a figment of Arp 's imagination , that it is an optical illusion caused by the overlap of isophotes ( light contours ) from the two objects , or that it is an illusion caused by a star or galaxy which just happens to be located between the two objects . |
| 2 | We sometimes surprise ourselves as well as our near and dear ones by suddenly exploding into unreasonable anger over a trifling offence which just happens to be the last straw that breaks the camel 's back . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Most philosophical systems of ethics , and most popular moralizing , are radically flawed because they recommend morality to us either as what it is in our own best ultimate interests to do , or alternatively try to promote it by appeal to our feelings , for example feelings of compassion , or ( like Hutcheson ) by reference to some kind of moral sentiment which just happens to be part of human nature . |
| 5 | The user prepares a document using Berthold fonts and sends it to a bureau for output on an imagesetter which just happens to be running Hell-Xenotron 's Bridgit . |
| 6 | A random development , culturally reinforced , which just happens to be love rather than something else ? |
| 7 | The only thing they have in common is that they are all outgoing , extrovert , self-confident , irrepressible and generally sparky personalities — which just happens to be a pretty good recipe for attractiveness in a woman , as well as being the ideal make-up for sales . ’ |
| 8 | Among the extra work which required a special piece of plant to be brought onto the site for one week and then returned 200 miles , there must be some extra work which just happens to be within the scope of a piece of plant which is already on site which would otherwise have been idle during the week in question . |
| 9 | Whereas normally people would have , in the O U P , U K , which just happens to be 6 out of 31 . |
| 10 | I mean we 're just giving a little bit of temporary relief in a situation which just seems to be getting worse and worse . |
| 11 | Or is it something which just has to be considered as part of the planning process ? |
| 12 | When these result in avoidable death , and they do , then it could be anyone who just happens to be there — employees , consumers , ordinary citizens . |
| 13 | Later I mention this encounter to an old friend who just happens to be a former service supervisor for the phone company . |
| 14 | Meanwhile Sir Clifford has engaged a nurse , Mrs Bolton … who just happens to be the village gossip . |
| 15 | I thought , ‘ Here is this man who just begs to be loved , and who just wants to be a handsome , gorgeous leading man , ’ but who really was not . |
| 16 | I thought , ‘ Here is this man who just begs to be loved , and who just wants to be a handsome , gorgeous leading man , ’ but who really was not . |
| 17 | And time out : Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys . |
| 18 | THEY say every picture tells a story … and these pictures show a woman who just wants to be alone . |
| 19 | She know that and she just seems to be like a vicious circle all the time , I mean she does n't , I mean just getting deeper , deeper into debt . |
| 20 | Sa , she her eyes are getting blacker every time and she she just seems to be in her books all the time , and everything now . |
| 21 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 22 | She just wants to be in bed for a day . |
| 23 | like , she 's coloured right , but she 's a bit portly and she just smells to be quite honest ! |
| 24 | As I told you , I did n't particularly take in her plans for the weekend , you know how one does n't , one just asks to be civil and does n't listen properly to the answer . ’ |
| 25 | You go for these people and ask for a board and this sort of thing it 's just , it just gets to be demeaning , the practice manager should have , should have |
| 26 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 27 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 28 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 29 | Unless , of course , it just happens to be a Japanese burglar . |
| 30 | ‘ I happen to believe variety is the spice of life , it just happens to be that women end up victimising themselves a lot , or subjecting themselves to a lot of bullshit to get some sort of coverage . |