Example sentences of "just [v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , there 's always the chance that your friends might already be a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just pretending to be normal ? |
| 2 | This morning we slipped into Mansfield for coffee and a haircut ; and now I 'm just waiting to be relieved , and rush to the letter rack . |
| 3 | She was like one great big present , just waiting to be unwrapped . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'm just going to be comfortable , ’ said Betty . |
| 5 | These contradictions will be marked in the work produced under these conditions in ways that we are only just beginning to be able to imagine . |
| 6 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 7 | When women complain about men calling them by endearment terms , it is often thought rather silly — the men are just trying to be friendly , after all , they do not intend any sexist slur . |
| 8 | Not vanity ; just trying to be helpful . |
| 9 | She was just trying to be awkward . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're just trying to be clever , and that 's not too clever in itself , you know . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 13 | ‘ John , you 're just trying to be shocking , ’ said Jannie . |
| 14 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |