Example sentences of "were just [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were just drunk as usual , but everybody was arguing with each other and it came to a head and we had a fight . |
| 2 | but they can come and go , I mean the year four they lost two teachers in the last two weeks cos their husbands got other jobs and the contracts were just terminated and , so it 's quite a , a moveable circle of people , er , but just , they have actually sacked one of the lads that came out with us , they wo n't be renewing his contract next year , he only had a two year contract |
| 3 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 4 | We were just discussing whether your presence is , is putting the student off . |
| 5 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 6 | But this could not be so if calling these things ‘ good ’ were just to reiterate that they promote the survival of the species . |
| 7 | ‘ We were just wondering whether we should send out a search party , ’ they told her . |
| 8 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ This was about the time The Beatles were just starting and they were considered to have long hair , but if you look at the pictures of them in those days , they had almost crew-cuts compared to David 's which was honestly long , bright yellow , bleached blonde from a bottle . |
| 9 | So someone suddenly said , ‘ There 's a really terrific game going on in the square in Granada , ’ and we were just waiting and then Brynner said , ‘ Of course , I 'm the South American callot champion . ’ |
| 10 | It 's a mystery to , you know , we were just sitting and he walked up and he went Andy , you 're a fucking cunt ! |
| 11 | ‘ All our days were just work and sleep , ’ recalls Italo , who arrived in 1947 . |
| 12 | So then his Scott 's mum and Noel 's mum met in town and they were just talking and Scott 's mum it 's dis , God it 's disgusting is n't it that lad given all them little lads love bites ! |
| 13 | We got our first publishing contract through that , but we were just signing as songwriters and we made the odd grotesque , poppy single ! |
| 14 | Me and Scott were just playing and I went |