Example sentences of "was just [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 3 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |
| 4 | She was just trying to be awkward . |
| 5 | ‘ I was just tryin' to be a help , ’ sniffed Granny Morkie . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was there that I picked up Tom Phillips , an artist who was just beginning to be sought after . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She was just going to be rather tedious from now on . |
| 12 | 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 |