Example sentences of "up just [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 2 | And at the end of the Easter break I brought the family back from holiday , rescued the uniforms from the dry cleaners and rang the friend who shares the school pick up just to say : ‘ All set for tomorrow ? ’ |
| 3 | And others who ring up just to talk , and they feel much better , and they cry and they get distressed . |
| 4 | They wind people up just to see their reaction , ’ Ramsden said , confirming that Travelling Light was absolutely fine . |
| 5 | It was the same when The Who smashed their gear at the end : everyone would turn up just to see them smash their gear and it was n't cool , because everybody knew they were going to do it . |
| 6 | erm when I first started working in Harlow eighteen years ago one evening I came up just to see what the playhouse was all about . |
| 7 | Before God , I 'd give them all up just to see her again , just to touch her ! |
| 8 | " She had a friend of mine beaten up just to find out where I was , " he said softly . |
| 9 | I 've just phoned her up just to tell her . |
| 10 | Just as just all that oxygen is used up just to burn it , erm But if you do n't give it enough air what will happen ? |
| 11 | ‘ But do n't foul it up just to prove I 'm right . ’ |
| 12 | Unsettled by the riddle , Mungo finally decided that Jos had probably shut him up just to get some peace . |
| 13 | I do n't go around making things up just to get myself a story ! ’ |
| 14 | Pete apparently Pete made it up just to get erm get at her . |
| 15 | He guessed his mother was making it all up just to frighten him and to stop him ever going out of the house alone . |
| 16 | Do you think I was making it all up just to console the Hobdens ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I waited up just to make sure you got back to the hotel safely . |