Example sentences of "[noun] just [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a timebomb just waiting to be ignited , ’ said a source . |
| 2 | But it is a ready-made blueprint for inequality just waiting to be copied by other reactionary governments . |
| 3 | The mountains hang everywhere , big vertical peaks just waiting to be climbed . |
| 4 | I 've got a ceiling just waiting to be painted . ’ |
| 5 | Water itself is , of course , a combined source of oxygen just waiting to be liberated via the breakdown of water vapour through photosynthesis . |
| 6 | Russia was full of resources just waiting to be exploited , and yet if the system did not change , it would be foreign investors that would profit from them . |
| 7 | I tried a pink old lady with the future of the universe mapped on her face with linear symbols just waiting to be decoded by anyone who had the wisdom and the patience to want to do so . |
| 8 | Nestling off the east coast of Thailand , the island offers 247 square kilometres of forested hills , deserted coves and wide , sandy beaches just waiting to be enjoyed . |
| 9 | There 's a cool half million pounds in the kitty just waiting to be snapped up … a NEW 50,000 Generation Name Game , the latest thing in family fun … the chance to scoop a fortune on Vernons Pools and , of course , diamonds , diamonds , diamonds . |
| 10 | You remind me of a beautiful ripe peach just waiting to be picked but when you 're opened up — surprise , surprise ! |
| 11 | Welcome to Northampton — a town full of hidden treasures just waiting to be discovered . |
| 12 | Of course , there 's always the chance that your friends might already be a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just pretending to be normal ? |
| 13 | Heavily wooded hills climbed high above the railway line , dotted with small villages just beginning to be bathed in the warm light of the rising sun . |
| 14 | I knew that we could get an immunity , normally by going to the doctor and having a vaccination or inoculation , but I never knew that right inside every one of us there was a built-in fire brigade , a whole troupe of Red Adair troubleshooters just waiting to be called upon to do their stuff . |
| 15 | Young H from Wallasey was a pretty major exception to this rule — he did the drop in of doom off the extension to flat bottom hipper , slashed about did mass ollies onto the extension , laybacks , wore an agnostic Front tee , and generally skated like he 'd been around since the sevs and was a dwarf just pretending to be under 16 . |
| 16 | The entire village is a children 's paradise , a stimulating world just waiting to be discovered . |
| 17 | From the barren Sahara in the south to the fertile wine-producing plains of the north , Tunisia is a land of variety and surprise just waiting to be experienced . |
| 18 | ‘ With Jimmy just happening to be there ? ’ |
| 19 | There entrepreneurs identified the existence of a seller 's market just waiting to be developed , and created their own demand , which gathered its own momentum and benefited from a snowball effect . |