Example sentences of "you just [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there . |
| 2 | And erm , you just got to be , you know a mum would , a mum and that |
| 3 | and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James |
| 4 | ‘ CHRIST ! ’ said Lucy hurtling to her feet , stalking the floor like Mildred Pierce , ‘ all your talent and you just want to be a bloody lover ! |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe you just want to be big again . |
| 6 | You just want to be left alone to die . |
| 7 | I think it is sad if you just want to be popular for the sake of it . |
| 8 | Well I do n't agree with that , I think that when your in love with someone you want to be with them all the time , you think about them during the day , you think about them at night , you just want to be with them and usually you like how they look , you like how they talk , they like , you like how they treat you and er to me that 's , its wonderful , just |
| 9 | The YPLL panel study asked young people : Where do you go and what do you do if you just want to be alone to think ? ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes you just want to be left alone , so I understand the violent reactions some celebrities have when they 're infringed upon . |
| 11 | You 're not cold you just want to be cuddled . |
| 12 | You do not have to be clever , or to know all the right psychological approaches ; you just need to be kind , and to care , to become a sanity-saving safety-valve in someone else 's life . |
| 13 | Yeah , no I think you just need to be frank with him and you know say you 're happy about the finger , fine , but just , you know , |
| 14 | lifting off suddenly in mid-bend is n't such a good idea either — in short you just have to be aware all the time of how much power you have in so little car . |
| 15 | You just have to be careful not to hit anything . |
| 16 | ‘ You just have to be able to identify the good punters , ’ they say , ‘ the really big hitters , and be able to talk to them , and that 's it basically . ’ |
| 17 | You just have to be patient and allow her all the time she wants in which to ‘ say her piece ’ . |
| 18 | Perhaps you just have to be a little more patient ? |
| 19 | You will knit the same number of rows in all as when decreasing every alternate row , you just have to be careful to match all sides exactly and end neatly at the top . |
| 20 | You do n't have to be witty or attractive or intelligent , you just have to be there with people for the time you 've stipulated . |
| 21 | You just have to be careful . ’ |
| 22 | Erm quite a lot you just have to be honest with people and tell I mean we 've got It 's unfortunate we can threaten people if you like , it 's the wrong word to use . |
| 23 | Now what essentially , what you 're doing , is that you 're writing an essay in very , very condensed form , so it 's just , I mean you still , still must have the same recipe in there when you write a short answer , right , but you just have to be very , very brief , so you know , para paragraph on definition , you know , paragraph of examples , right , erm , paragraph on some sort of explanation or erm , how it 's , how it 's measured erm , has it been a contentious issue erm , what are the problems with this er , with this concept erm , right , you 've got to get those sort of things in there , like you would in an essay , if you were asked to write an essay on reciprocal dumping you 'd , you 'd have all those things in there , right , but you only need to write a sentence , a sentence about them . |
| 24 | You just have to be approved by the that 's all . |
| 25 | You just have to be there when he needs you , for practical as well as emotional help . |
| 26 | You just have to be a fool . |