Example sentences of "[am/are] just [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It honestly has n't crossed my mind , I am just enjoying being back , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I am just giving priority to those who were most instrumental in shaping my life and my general outlook in all matters appertaining to living . |
| 3 | On the other hand there are well-informed sceptics who hold that , despite the honest intentions of the research workers , these expensively trained animals are just performing circus tricks.5 |
| 4 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
| 5 | Er but if not , if you are just doing midwifery I , I think you er really need to stick at it and just do that because it 's , it 's the more practise and the more babies you bring into the world the better you get at it . |
| 6 | You 're just wasting time . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're just wasting time . |
| 8 | Sounds to me as though they 're just sell stuff , I I do n't know ! |
| 9 | That is on , you 're just taping tape , tape . |
| 10 | Well yes , you 're just throwing money away are n't you . |
| 11 | They 're just throwing mud against the wall , they 've got no idea . |
| 12 | Erm the J C one we 'll have to try and deal with that again as a separate issue but I do n't , I mean the amount of time we 're losing from high levels of sickness we talked about a c couple of meetings or so ago , about the absence levels with some people , we 've just got ta make sure we crack that on the head , we 're just haemorrhaging money , the fact that it is not just hours it 's money . |
| 13 | There 's a couple of boats , but they ai n't moving — they 're just rocking side to side . |
| 14 | Oh crikey no , you 're just beginning love |
| 15 | well we 're not having any ginger bread men cos we have n't got any ginger , huh , well we 're just having sort of nothing really |
| 16 | They 're just reported speech . |
| 17 | You 're just playing mind games ! ’ |
| 18 | Betting against yourself is an each way bet , you 're just giving money to the bookie . |
| 19 | ‘ YOU 'RE JUST TALKING RUBBISH AGAIN ! ’ |
| 20 | But instead of relieving their misery , they 're just lying rotting in this Worcester storage centre . |
| 21 | It can be , sort of , for festive purposes , you 're just poking fun at the priest or something |
| 22 | In fact , when they raise an issue , it 's either for a , a personal ego trip , or they 're just paying lip service . |
| 23 | over there they 're just doing microwave cooking you know . |
| 24 | I mean if you 're doing me medicine , for the first couple of years you you 're just doing text book work are n't you , mostly ? |
| 25 | I 'm just seeing red . |
| 26 | We do n't , I 'm just telling dad , cos he |
| 27 | But that poor customer , John — I am sorry to keep going back to you on it , I 'm just seeking clarification — that poor customer has got to prove to your satisfaction that it 's a mechanical breakdown and not a result of what they 've done to it or somebody 's , at any time , negligence in assembly . |
| 28 | I 'm just drinking Coke . |
| 29 | I 'm not having anything , I 'm just having soup and rice |
| 30 | I 'm just having regard to criterion four of policy H two . |