Example sentences of "[noun pl] just [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earthworms are the main item in a badger 's diet and cow grazing pastures just happen to be a good source of earthworms . |
| 2 | Very often , these mutually unintelligible and exclusive ethnic cultures just happen to be the same as the groups which common sense tells us are ‘ races ’ . |
| 3 | The mountains hang everywhere , big vertical peaks just waiting to be climbed . |
| 4 | ‘ Willy Thorne , for example took part in a ProAm game at Alsager and insisted that one of the three charities who were to receive donations just had to be the Rainbow Trust and that meant £1,400 cheque . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Refrigeration was in its infancy , so that perishable goods just had to be sold which meant that prices were gradually reduced in the hour or so before closing time . |
| 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 | Pilkington disliked the impression conveyed that these friendly personalities just happened to be recommending products as though they were disinterested parties . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The grass was lucky if it grew , was shone upon and rained upon , and was not burned , and was not pulled up by the roots , or poisoned , or buried when the ground was turned over , and some bits just happened to be on a line that humans wanted to walk on , and so got trampled , broken , pressed flat , with no malice ; just effect . |
| 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 | Local elections just tend to be national reflect the national concerns , issues or reflects the unpopularity of the government pa of the governing party or whatever , yeah . |
| 16 | The police just happened to be checking cars today . |
| 17 | I mean most women just want to be good at something , they 've got good-at minds , and they mean deftness and a flair and good taste and what-not . |
| 18 | A myth abounds that women just need to be told they are going to meet the Princess of Wales and they go into labour . |