Example sentences of "just [verb] to be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This lady just wants to be in touch , ’ says Lorraine . |
| 2 | She just wants to be in bed for a day . |
| 3 | Venables added : ‘ I just want to be in charge of a successful football club challenging for the league . |
| 4 | Well that 's one of my next questions because I think it 's debatable either way , a a lot of people and I 'm finding this just want to be in a neighbourhood watch scheme to take advantage of insurance er and also to have the sign up once the signs are up and they got insurance they 're not bothered , and you can tell that by the er gist of the conversation on the telephone . |
| 5 | We shall be considering The Prelude as a poem at the appropriate point in the Critical Survey ; for the moment I propose to refer to it simply as evidence of Wordsworth 's internal struggles and preoccupations , as if it were a diary or a letter to a friend which just happens to be in verse . |
| 6 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 7 | I was received as a thief , a well-mannered rapist , bucketless car-washer , double-glazing runner , not to mention corrupt informant that some of them tiles is loose , Ma 'm , and we just happen to be in the area with a long ladder so why not call it eighty quid ? |
| 8 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 9 | And people are either just going to be in despair or else they 're going to revolt . |
| 10 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 11 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 13 | Years later , even , when 617 just happened to be in my Canberra Wing at Binbrook after the war , oddly enough both Nos 617 and 9 Squadrons found themselves together in my four-squadron wing . |
| 14 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 15 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 16 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sa , she her eyes are getting blacker every time and she she just seems to be in her books all the time , and everything now . |
| 20 | er , we 'll get it all sorted , you know what you like , you sit there and you think oh I want it , to get it all sorted before I go and move , it 'll just have to be in a tip for a while . |