Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] just [vb infin] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Playing a team who did nt just believe the hype and went for it .
2 Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love …
3 Yes , we 'd better just approve the minutes of the meeting process , of the last meeting first of all , had n't we lads ?
4 Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key …
5 ( A famous actor interviewed recently on the radio said that , when he had learned his part in a play , he did not just know the words he had to say but where the new paragraphs came and when he had to turn the page of the script .
6 But he did n't just try the handle .
7 And the list grew longer every time , for he did n't just read the new names but began with the first and proceeded to the newest , the tension in his cathedral growing as he reached the end of the litany of those whose names were already familiar and , without pause , added those of the latest .
8 But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress .
  Next page