Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] just [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bloke here has only just come about fifteen miles up the road . |
| 2 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 3 | Local involvement in nation-wide politics does not just depend on intellectual evolution , however , but on the strong conviction that national affairs affect one 's life and so need to be considered . |
| 4 | The well-organised firm does not just look at last year and add ten per cent . |
| 5 | Here , however , the clause does not just apply to one disposition , but confirms all the dispositions in the will . |
| 6 | Archaeology does not just deal with buried evidence , but also with sites and objects of all kinds ; the study of buildings is considered equally important . |
| 7 | Having the same financial people on either side does n't just make for faster communication . |
| 8 | And the takeover threat does n't just come from foreign television companies , but from cable companies and even phone companies as well . |
| 9 | This does n't just apply to those who have paid for the event . |
| 10 | Although its seven hundred years years old , it 's only just come to official notice . |