Example sentences of "we just [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We just had to be or my centenary Open was going to be short-lived indeed ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 5 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 6 | So , we just need to be clear that er , we 're not actually endorsing the list necessarily . |
| 7 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 8 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 9 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 10 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 11 | We do n't have to deserve it — we just have to be willing to do it ! |
| 12 | We just want to be alone |
| 13 | We just want to be sure everything is hunky-dory . ’ |
| 14 | And , a a I mean I think we have , you know , to be feminists because we do n't want to be better than men , we just want to be equal . |
| 15 | We just want to be left alone . ’ |