Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] did [adv] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
2 | Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well |
3 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
4 | Mary did n't get hit , but she is adamant that her father threw the tray of cups and saucers to the floor and they did n't just fall . |
5 | Yes , he had one to celebrate , but he did n't just buy one he bought a box . |
6 | But he did n't just try the handle . |
7 | But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress . |
8 | The wardrobe when it landed did n't it hit a corner , but it did n't just crumple up , it exploded . |
9 | 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 … |
10 | ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave . |
11 | 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 . |