Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | I 've got a ceiling just waiting to be painted . ’ |
| 4 | Water itself is , of course , a combined source of oxygen just waiting to be liberated via the breakdown of water vapour through photosynthesis . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You remind me of a beautiful ripe peach just waiting to be picked but when you 're opened up — surprise , surprise ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The entire village is a children 's paradise , a stimulating world just waiting to be discovered . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |