Example sentences of "[noun] just to be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Wickham showed the photograph just to be sure . |
2 | Yes , but I think there 's no need to buy computers just to be clever or to be well ahead of your neighbours or your other business friends . |
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 | He made a grunting noise just to be sure that Gurder heard him . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Make it make it twelve X just to be awkward |
7 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
8 | Why could n't he have had the decency just to be straight with her ? |
9 | 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 . |