Example sentences of "just [verb] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just tend to be more intense in stepfamilies . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps they will just want to be there anyway . |
| 3 | McEnroe was philosophical : ‘ It just got to be too long where I had n't won the big one . |
| 4 | He just wants to be off . |
| 5 | It does n't have to be big , it just has to be there . |
| 6 | ‘ I just want to be there but , if the worst comes to the worst , the squad is strong enough to win . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ With Jimmy just happening to be there ? ’ |
| 8 | When these result in avoidable death , and they do , then it could be anyone who just happens to be there — employees , consumers , ordinary citizens . |
| 9 | Though we shall have much more to say on the issues that allegedly divide quantitative and qualitative methods in later chapters , the kind of choice just alluded to is neither urgent nor necessary . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 12 | As with the intertidal communities , coral reefs flourish in regions that just happen to be especially favoured . |
| 13 | It means that they are just going to be even poorer than they are now . |
| 14 | She was just going to be rather tedious from now on . |
| 15 | If they hook up and Clinton is assassinated , it 's just going to be too corny . ’ |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Erm and er so you know but you 've just got to be slightly careful I think of the figures and erm i if if you know it 's much better if you can talk to the the |
| 18 | They 're just yearning to be home . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 20 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 21 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 22 | The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse . |
| 23 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 24 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 25 | Just happened to be there and he , he , he was telling the meeting that when he 's canvassing , going door to door , he , he knows as soon as walking up the drive whether there 's someone in or not . |
| 26 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 27 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 28 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 29 | they 're just beginning to be here really . |
| 30 | Alas , I was only just beginning to be visually aware , but to the extent to which I have grown in such awareness over the years I believe it was Basil and Ruth who started to make me look and see . |