Example sentences of "just [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 32 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 33 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a friend . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ They were just waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 35 | Property : The frustrated architects just waiting for a call |
| 36 | Airborne gets a reputation for quick service from the companies they 're interested in because the bikes are cruising round outside just waiting for a call . |
| 37 | I 'm just waiting for a day of action on . |
| 38 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 39 | I 'm just waiting for a Lemon Delight . |
| 40 | ‘ How can you respect bashing in a bolt and just waiting for a robot to take over your job ? |
| 41 | Do n't just look for a job in jobcentres ’ — after all , the Government have closed down most of them — ’ but get out and actively look for temporary work elsewhere . ’ |
| 42 | Just testing for a hernia , I told I had n't got one ! |
| 43 | Put ½ lb. of fine dried apricots to soak in water just to cover for a couple of hours — or overnight if it is more convenient . |
| 44 | ‘ Just going for a bit of a hit , Malcolm , ’ he called , as they went past the sick bay . |
| 45 | I 'm just going for a piss now I 'm not fucking going to the toilet . |
| 46 | I was just going for a wash , ’ said Julia who was well aware that Miss Coldharbour would make the connection between those two statements . |
| 47 | ‘ Eh — just going for a pee , ’ he said , shielding the necessary appendage for such an activity . |
| 48 | you know , cos we were all single I think all of us were and we were just going for a joke cos seriously it 's just a cattle market at you know you do n't talk to people well you do but it 's just a laugh . |
| 49 | We 're just going for a ride on one , I hope . ’ |
| 50 | Say they just going for a walk , yeah , and you come across this , say this young kid has been climbing up the trees and hurt his leg , you 're the only person around , so you , you 've got to get help yeah , cos he 's losing a lot of blood , but you 've got to stop his blood same time as you 've got to get help , yeah , so what 's the priority , you just stay |
| 51 | I remember driving down to Leith on that Friday night , and just going for a walk and thinking that the next time the sun came up I would be playing at Murrayfield . |
| 52 | He 's just going for a walk . |
| 53 | If they really did n't care , why not just opt for a serge skirt or Crimplene slacks on special offer from the back of the Radio Times ? |
| 54 | Let's just move for a minute or two into wider applications , in industry . |
| 55 | But Geoff , he do n't shout out or anything — he just waits for a bit till they finish their tea and then he shouts out ‘ Enjoy your tea then ’ , and as they look up he pisses a bit more and they go barmy . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ But the board know when contracts are up and now they expect me to just sign for a year . |
| 57 | ‘ Ca n't you just relax for a minute , Alison . |
| 58 | GARY Huntingdon , the Lib-Dem 's man in Sedgefield , had just arrived for a spot of canvassing in Chilton when he spotted four attractive women and two young children walking down the street . |
| 59 | Well er in the early days , erm there were occasions where erm if I may say so , that , that just to divert for a moment , the scheme had to have supervision , and there was an increase in the staff , the number of foremen and chargehands increased . |
| 60 | In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look . |