Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pers pn] be just " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Looks like they are just comin' over the Cathedral wall . |
2 | She said — and I do n't know if she was just bullshitting me , ’ and here Blufton opened his palms in a gesture of frankness , ‘ that she 'd found out the dates when a couple of lorries were due at Dover . |
3 | I do n't know if she was just wandering around , but , you know and erm I went up to , went and got the keys and then went and locked the door again . |
4 | ‘ All these things recently , I do n't know if it 's just bad luck or me being stupid or what . ’ |
5 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |
6 | See I do n't know if it 's just part real or if he 's just trying to frighten me . |
7 | They , they 're just not getting back right now , I do n't know if it 's just to be sensitive to her or whether it 's just because , you know , they 're gon na see each o I mean they live on the same road , they 'll probably see each other this weekend . |
8 | Thing is I , I do n't know if I 'm just imagining that I have n't got any , this this does n't really work . |
9 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
10 | Looked like they were just going to have to get along with things the way they were until their time was up . |
11 | From inside the room it must have looked like he was just hopping off into empty space , say goodbye to Buck Rogers , a suicide leap over a thirty-foot drop . |
12 | And we just lay on the floor laughing because it was just getting from bad to worse . |
13 | Peace programmes and that , I do n't know whether they 're just being broadcast I mean you wo you know , Ken , you know those American programmes that were on ? |
14 | I do n't know whether it 's just our standards are going up , or there 's are going down . |
15 | I do n't know whether it is just the advance of modern technology within the family , or whether it is because the type of material the fire is built with nowadays would n't let them taste quite so good . |
16 | I do n't know whether she was just finishing then |
17 | ‘ Standing on chairs is n't to be recommended when you 're just recovering from a sprained ankle . |
18 | I love the way he looks when he 's just about to … ’ |
19 | He finally stopped when he was just a couple of feet away from her . |
20 | Sridevi has been acting since she was just five years old . |
21 | And just ask yourselves the question when another lorry 's coming by you , what do you do when he 's just clear ? |
22 | Today Roy Everson who was disabled when he was just twenty one carried the British flag into the bowling finals . |
23 | Now what happens when he 's just starting off from home ? |
24 | It 's a long way to go if he 's just round the corner . ’ |
25 | Well you can see how new it is cos the cupboards have never had nothing in them I do n't think cos they 're just , there 's not a mark in them . |
26 | I mean if they 're just sort of four foot things I mean it 's not you know I think . |
27 | I mean if he 's just |
28 | I mean if it 's just economies you 're after , closing down an institution 's not the best way to do it , because the plant remains , and , and you ca n't easily get rid of the staff . |
29 | right , now , if you had about twenty thousand pounds to spend on a car Dave , what would you buy ? , no seriously , I mean if you were just like , start , no , actually no that 's the wrong thing to say , what looks really smart ? |
30 | ‘ Now it may look like I 'm just messing around with cars , but my job as a Kwik-Fit fitter means I 've always got plenty to do . ’ |