Example sentences of "[be] just [v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " She 's right , " the maid grinned , " you are just looking for a body to practise on . " |
| 2 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 3 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 4 | In Northern Ireland it 's against the law to leave your vehicle unlocked and unattended even if you 're just popping into a shop . |
| 5 | You know , nobody 's expecting three or four sides , right , you 've got quarter of an hour , not erm , you know , if , if you can write a side a half you , you 'll be doing much better than most people , alright , so you 're just thinking about a side really , depending on how big your handwriting is . |
| 6 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 7 | Which does n't really matter , because just we 're just looking at a snap-shot of |
| 8 | This was a digitally-recorded album , so you 're just playing into a microphone and what you 're getting back through the headphones tends to be a little dry and sad . |
| 9 | ‘ People say we 're ‘ retro ’ , but as far as we 're concerned we 're just going through a learning process . |
| 10 | We 're just going for a ride on one , I hope . ’ |
| 11 | We 're just coming in a minute . |
| 12 | We 're not talking of rounding , we 're just talking of a function that 's made up . |
| 13 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
| 14 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
| 15 | I 'm just going for a piss now I 'm not fucking going to the toilet . |
| 16 | I 'm just waiting for a day of action on . |
| 17 | I 'm just waiting for a man to knock my door and say well , you know , cos you can fined a lot do n't you ? |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a friend . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm just waiting for a Lemon Delight . |
| 21 | I 'm just waiting for an official to say something along the lines of ‘ we ca n't play Roecastle in important Premier league games as he 's not match fit ’ … aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |
| 22 | I was just , I 'm just running through a field of mines , okay ? |
| 23 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 24 | you know , cos we were all single I think all of us were and we were just going for a joke cos seriously it 's just a cattle market at you know you do n't talk to people well you do but it 's just a laugh . |
| 25 | They drove through the lemon groves , where early workers were just arriving in a lorry to pick the fruit and load it . |
| 26 | ‘ We were just talking about a case of Camille 's . ’ |
| 27 | Z Company were just returning from a fortnight 's well-earned leave while , as always , HQ Company were administering , paying , feeding , clothing and transporting the rest of the battalion . |
| 28 | Africa is just serving as a mirror for the West 's new ideologies . |
| 29 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |
| 30 | ‘ He likes to be adored of course , and maybe he 's just lobbying for an extension of his fan club , but I would n't have thought he was that desperate . |