Example sentences of "they [am/are] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But most of them are just hiding behind the image . |
| 2 | Treat florist gloxinias as annuals and grow them from seed in spring , or grow from tubers potted up in spring so they are just covered by the compost . |
| 3 | They are just using ‘ tax ’ in its peculiarly British sense . |
| 4 | This is what your teachers will try to tell you is true but they are just sucking up to you . |
| 5 | c ) It can be difficult to find files or papers if they are just piled in a drawer in no particular order . |
| 6 | They are just queuing at the door , waiting to be let in . |
| 7 | And when you do they are just riding past in their Panda cars . |
| 8 | ‘ It is an absolute red herring and they are just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill ’ — NEIL GRAY ( All Black manager in Australia ) after his team had been accused of excessively tough tactics in beating New South Wales ( 41–9 ) . |
| 9 | They could , in fact , be located offshore in shallow water , and lying on the beach watching these large structures with their whirling blades in the murky or hazy distance might be quite satisfying thought that without doing anything they are just providing the nation 's energy , or some of it . |
| 10 | The drawing suggests that a number of balls are available for this and they are just pushed into the hole one alter the other until it is filled and a surface can be laid on top of it . |
| 11 | A lot of my old school friends are doing that now and they are just hanging loose without a care in the world , it sounds great . |
| 12 | Negotiations have not finished ; I am sure they are just beginning . |
| 13 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |
| 14 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |
| 15 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |
| 16 | They should give these players a break because they are just doing what others are doing , trying their best to win the golf tournament . ’ |
| 17 | They are just doing tests etc. on it . |
| 18 | ‘ Because it luckily missed houses , they are just carrying on . ’ |
| 19 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 20 | Yes , but On the last comment that er Chris made er bringing us and the letter to county about the the failure of the meeting on the twenty second cos we feel that they are just lying down to the situation and not pursuing a pursuing the D A P about whatsoever and erm we are , certainly in John 's letter probably get it signed tonight complaining and asking for a a meeting as soon as possible because we feel that that they ought to be pursuing the question of these two sites , they 're dragging their feet ! |
| 21 | It means that they are just going to be even poorer than they are now . |
| 22 | He 's just he 's just got one a long way out though right looks as though we 've either just missed one and they Oh no they are just coming are n't they ? just missed one there |
| 23 | They are just to whet your appetite . |
| 24 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 25 | There is no build-up or anything like it , they are just mentioned , almost as part of the tree . |
| 26 | ‘ Looks like they are just comin' over the Cathedral wall . |
| 27 | They are just demonstrating to their wives and girlfriends what good Europeans they are . |
| 28 | I know women are involved in the business , but they are just toeing the line , repeating the same old images , playing the men 's game . |
| 29 | She said : ‘ The message is that the UK government could n't care less , they are just applying a Band-Aid to a mortal wound . ’ |
| 30 | But it is nice if they are asked , sometimes it 's sometimes they are just expected to do and if they have n't been officially asked . |