Example sentences of "be 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 | Disabled people 's main aim may be just to create art , but for many the current scale of discrimination makes that goal unreachable . |
26 | Course outline I think we 're all agreed , should be at the top er , that is important we 've now agreed a heading and comment we 've got a e enough agreement that says that , it will be just called comment , but guidelines will need to be produced to go to staff erm |
27 | You will be just offering friendship . |
28 | I 'm just seeing red . |
29 | We do n't , I 'm just telling dad , cos he |
30 | 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 . |