Example sentences of "[verb] they be just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 2 | They were kidding themselves if they believed they were just electing a bunch of councillors to run local services . |
| 3 | Grinning as they approached — as well they might ! — pretending they were just passing by , brimming with glee , big muscular athletic boys . |
| 4 | Glen Hoddle says they 're just going to play the way they always do and and the team that settles into its style … whatever it is … will win … |
| 5 | She says they were just hoping they would go away without doing anything stupid . |
| 6 | But the defendants claimed they were just using the boards to shelter behind on a windy day , while they had a cup of tea . |
| 7 | I ca n't believe they 're just gon na leave me to go in to English on my own . |
| 8 | You know they 're just shooting up all the time . |
| 9 | You know they 're just changing do n't you . |
| 10 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 11 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 12 | I do n't mean they were just knocked about a bit … they were smashed , stitches and a fractured jaw for one , severe abdominal bruising for the other . |
| 13 | ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’ |
| 14 | I finally realized something was up because people were yelling at me — I thought they were just trying to get on but then I realized what was up , and I hit the button again . |
| 15 | I thought they were just gon na be a load of . |
| 16 | Anti-Nazi League festivals , at which The Stranglers were so familiar that everyone probably thought they were just park trees . |
| 17 | I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything . |
| 18 | I think they 're just trying to relieve |
| 19 | ‘ I think they 're just taking a look around . ’ |
| 20 | Like , the men who wo n't talk to you think they 're just protecting themselves . |
| 21 | Course your parents always like fish , but I think they 're just lying . |
| 22 | Think they 're just gon na have to cut back . |
| 23 | I think they 're just gon na have to be really , really strict with them . |
| 24 | I think they 're just to scare you . |
| 25 | I think they 're just going to be planted there . |
| 26 | I think they 're just going in . |
| 27 | I think they were just taking the piss . |
| 28 | I think they were just going through the motions of what had worked before . |
| 29 | No I think they was just made like that in those days , yes . |
| 30 | And when you do they are just riding past in their Panda cars . |