Example sentences of "just [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh eh , just to staple have a another operation lost twelve stone , god it 's like having , losing another person is n't it ? |
| 2 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 3 | She laughed aloud ; what lengths he was prepared to go to , just to issue a veto which was n't in the least necessary . |
| 4 | Some theorists feel that the : is too imprecise and there is a need to state the nature of a relationship , not just to signal its existence . |
| 5 | I found artefacts dating back a century and felt that it was important not just to preserve them , but to use them in the education of today 's children . ’ |
| 6 | It 's almost worth advertising alcohol just to preserve the lobbying the brewers indulge in to prove that it does n't encourage young people to drink , just for the sight of their endless statistics that prove that all this money they spend on advertising is n't making anybody buy their product : run this by me again , why are you doing it ? |
| 7 | Policies should aim to create and improve accessible landscapes , and not just to preserve all land around cities , irrespective of quality . |
| 8 | Just to fool any assassins , he wore huge orange-rimmed sunglasses and a baseball cap . |
| 9 | At the moment , the economic evidence is sufficiently ambiguous to support the view that higher rates were needed domestically , not just to steady the pound . |
| 10 | Speaking as someone with a job I 've got to be very careful about giving advice to people who are in a much worse situation than myself , but from the research we did erm it is clear that it 's very important erm not just to sink in and dwell on your problems , not just to erm stay at home , not meeting other people , not engaging in activities . |
| 11 | You start day-dreaming just to kill time . |
| 12 | When it had arrived it had needed a separate table just to accommodate it ; luckily the restaurant was n't busy . |
| 13 | About 70% of all new aircraft will be bought by airlines just to accommodate that growth , says Boeing . |
| 14 | That particular single matter was not pursued by the ombudsman an and that therefore means that erm it is n't something that er he felt was a question of maladministration but I did want just to emphasise that this particular point , because in the more er i in the recent report to the Policy Resources Committee on ombudsman complaints , the number , and I ca n't recall exactly what the number was , but the number included in that report relating to planning matters was certainly higher than one , I think there were about half a dozen and what I wanted to take the opportunity of explaining was the , the majority of those all but the one that I 've now referred to , er where in fact relating to district matter planning applications and not to the County Council . |
| 15 | It was the sordid exhaustion of poverty , of overwork , of perpetual near-incarceration , of eternal nagging demands , and to be left alone just to sit for perhaps only five minutes in unthinking apathy was her sole remaining desire . |
| 16 | Any normal man would find it a pleasure just to sit still and look at her , drinking her in . |
| 17 | It was good just to sit down , and she was tempted to rest her head against the partition and get some sleep . |
| 18 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |
| 19 | But this , of course , does not mean that they are not enjoying your company , if you show that you are quite happy just to sit quietly with them , looking through a newspaper or reading a book ; for silence is for sharing too on the right occasions . |
| 20 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 21 | Therapy was aimed at helping the parents establish a more balanced and satisfactory relationship , learning to negotiate rather than lapse into their habitual pattern of attack and withdraw at the same time as providing a reward programme for Luke just to sit on the lavatory . |
| 22 | Well she 's erm j erm She 's made a right judgement about erm to help people and not just to sit there watching telly or something . |
| 23 | Are these people afraid to expose themselves in a panel condemning the National Health Service or just to sit in the background and make any comments ? |
| 24 | And so perhaps the time had come just to sit down somewhere on the ground and wait . |
| 25 | It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course . |
| 26 | Many said it was bliss just to sit on the bales of straw and listen to the music . |
| 27 | The supposition being that it 's always easier for the offspring just to sit on the nest and wait for the parent . |
| 28 | Er and er well it 's not just one innovative idea er it 's just innovative idea after idea er which is encouraging because it er means that the company is not resting on its laurels er having found an avenue and an opportunity they do n't seem to be content just to sit expanding and developing that and doing nothing else . |
| 29 | I I do n't want to run out there just to sit in a house |
| 30 | Then he seemed to change the subject as he continued , ‘ You surely do n't think I plan just to sit around and do nothing about getting my speedboat back , not to mention my cousin ? |