Example sentences of "[was/were] just [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The conditions for the crossing were not much worse than for the criminals who were just beginning to be shipped across from England in the 1670s , and the death rates were not much higher . |
| 2 | It is thought to be unlikely that the action will be settled out of court , and prospects of a rapprochement between the OSF and Sun — that were just beginning to be talked about ( UX No 379 , 380 ) — now appear remote . |
| 3 | The flowers bloomed happily in the soft sunshine , complemented by the gently swaying leaves of the trees , which were just beginning to be touched by the colours of autumn . |
| 4 | Although the stark trees were just beginning to be in leaf , and familiarity had lessened the menacing air of the place , Theda still found herself uncomfortable within it . |
| 5 | One suspects that most computer scientists would like to believe that elegant data structures for organising all forms of information , together with powerful formalisms for manipulating and reasoning about it , have always pre-existed in some sense , and were just waiting to be discovered . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 8 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |
| 9 | She was just trying to be awkward . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just tryin' to be a help , ’ sniffed Granny Morkie . |
| 11 | While school education was just beginning to be suspected of extravagance , in the early sixties , paradoxically there was an explosion of growth in university education . |
| 12 | For research purposes , the laboratory was just beginning to be separated from the kitchen ; but for the nineteenth century the centres were the laboratory and the museum . |
| 13 | It was there that I picked up Tom Phillips , an artist who was just beginning to be sought after . |
| 14 | Yes they have , very special gear in , in breathing apparatus and protective clothing , er which I did n't have in my early days , I mean breathing apparatus was just beginning to be used . |
| 15 | There was just going to be one big thud when I hit the deck and then all would be over — my arm would stop hurting and no more 109s could make dirty passes at me behind my back . |
| 16 | She was just going to be rather tedious from now on . |
| 17 | and I would have thought it was absolutely great , you know , he really , I would have though had a stimulating , challenging lovely environment to , to , to be in , I , I , I , I , I hoped that if he was going , I thought he was going to go on , it was just going to be very expensive tt paying his fees , his this |