Example sentences of "[noun sg] just to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 2 | It reminded me of when I used to give people money just to make them go away again . |
| 3 | She 'll be out in ten minutes , but I 'll pinch some loose skin just to make sure there 's no reaction . ’ |
| 4 | The stages were so enormous — about 60 feet across — that you had to poke out a bit of noise just to make yourself heard . |
| 5 | Could I ask the convenor just to make a statement . |
| 6 | According to exile sources in Vienna , cows are now being treated like Romanian women — ie , subjected to a monthly gynaecological examination just to make sure their fertility is not being interfered with because population increases are the order of the day . |
| 7 | Yet you threw him out of his job just to make room for me . ’ |
| 8 | I blink my eyes for some inkling of orientation , but the high-pitched multi-signals whine and cascade about in my head just to make things quite clear that they 're not going to be harassed into full-powered service tonight . |
| 9 | Did I want to seek publicity just to make myself feel better ? |
| 10 | Right I think so , I 'll check it again in a minute just to make sure . |
| 11 | just to make my day just to make my day yeah well , I was n't sure what those you see , hang on a minute mum so er she said she 'll either get the twelve or the one so I went down to see if she was on the twelve o'clock bus , and she was n't so I thought well I 'll try again |
| 12 | honestly felt a wee bit nervous at the start just to make sure that I had the structure , that , that , I think that was the whole crux of the thing . |
| 13 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
| 14 | And you look at the chair just to make sure there is n't a pool on there ! |
| 15 | erm When the the the job description is signed it ought to be passed by a job analyst just to make sure to check the things that erm it has been done properly and then it has to be signed by the erm job holder , the job holder 's manager and the head of division , and it has to be got to personnel . |
| 16 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 17 | If I had my way I 'd X-ray just to make sure . |
| 18 | The situation where clients still need to telephone their local bureau just to make sure that it is actually open and not closed because of staff shortages , union meetings , staff training and the like could thus be avoided . |
| 19 | If you need cheese just to make sauces , ask for cheese off-cuts . |
| 20 | That 's very much a by the way just to make you feel a little bit |
| 21 | Sure you do n't want to see a dentist just to make sure it 's all right ? |
| 22 | But er yeah , it 's , it 's I find it loses er , a little bit of interest fairly quickly erm because it 's , the main subject , the chap jumping down , I think the road was nicely shown , but perhaps if you could have just had a , a longer lens just to make it a bit more important in the picture . |
| 23 | Other things to think about when you 're identifying training alright a handout for you identifying training needs at this stage just to make sure that ya the are still out . |
| 24 | John agreed to check that there are n't any more problems with our membership with John at central office just to make sure that we 're all sorted . |