Example sentences of "are just [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Cadbury report is a masterpiece of brevity , but its full scope and implications are just beginning to be realised . |
| 3 | The complexities of later family life are just beginning to be recognised with studies of inter-generational caring relationships ( Nissel and Bonnerjea , 1982 ; Abrams and Marsden , 1987 ; Ungerson , 1987 ) . |
| 4 | Although the gross changes in the brain that accompany and probably cause it can be studied after the death of the patient , the details of the disease process are just beginning to be worked out in animals by studying the microscopic structure of the brain regions that are principally involved together with their biochemistry and their neurotransmitters . |
| 5 | Yes but like the are just planning to affection based on mutual whatever it is |
| 6 | I 've never really had the good fortune to watch a fly 's last moments on Earth before , and my eyes are just glued to this small splodge of legs and wings which are interrupting the clean , shiny surface of the screen . |
| 7 | It means that they are just going to be even poorer than they are now . |
| 8 | Metcalfe and Richards point out that the strategic management literature has wrestled for the last 20 years with the problems of managing for results in unstable conditions , yet the lessons which emerge are just starting to be taken on board in the public sector . |
| 9 | We welcome people from every party , it does n't really matter which party , or even if they belong to no party , who are just committed to seeing a representative representation , seeing more women in there , because women in this country , just as a matter of fact , have a rather different experience from most men , and if you 're making a decision then you want there the people who have had a wide range of experience , who can bring that experience to bear on making the decision . |
| 10 | They are just demonstrating to their wives and girlfriends what good Europeans they are . |