Sentence examples for was merely checking from inspiring English sources

"Then foes claimed that Bachmann hid behind some bushes to spy on a gay-rights rally; she said she was merely checking the turnout".

Major Day, according to several people briefed on his account, has said that he regarded his call to Ms. Booker as innocent, that he was merely checking to see if she was all right or needed assistance.

The movie hit all of the things fans of the show love – the retro outfits, the episode where Jessie gets addicted to pills, all the times Screech was an idiot – but it was merely checking things off a list, not developing them into an interesting or compelling whole.

VP's office says he was merely checking eyelids for holes.

I was merely checking up on people, so that when I bumped into them we'd have something to talk about... Well that's what I told myself anyway.

The reality is that merely checking a March Madness bracket puts not only the employee at risk, but also the entire enterprise.

Prior established that the man was merely a government inspector checking the quality of the fuel.

Imagine a masked man accused of robbing a bank who maintains, all along, that he was merely cashing a check.

Allow to cool to being merely warm (check the sweet potatoes or the bottom of the pan, not the marshmallow topping, which due to being insulated will be cool on the outside when the inside is still hot) and serve.

When Adelson was merely rich, he wrote checks for causes that he favored and for politicians whom he supported.

Naftalis, his lawyer, said that the evidence was circumstantial, based on the timing of events; his call to Rajaratnam on the day of the Buffett deal was merely a poorly timed check-in about a soured investment.