Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] just [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't just sit back . |
| 2 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't just fall over , I fainted . |
| 5 | You do n't just give up . |
| 6 | You do n't just walk up to someone and say , " Hi ! |
| 7 | I mean you 're like me , you want profession , you do n't just come out and throw it , like that , you see |
| 8 | She did n't just switch off the television during love scenes in a film , for instance , but even if a scantily clad woman was shown on a beach or something . |
| 9 | We do n't just go in and teach them . |
| 10 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 11 | She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . |
| 12 | He said that a man who 's gon na build a , build something , let's put it in a modern setting , the man who 's gon na , a man and woman , a couple are gon na put an extension on their house , they do n't just go down and buy a few dozen bricks , er , and a bag cement and start , they work out how much it 's gon na cost them first of all . |
| 13 | They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children . |
| 14 | They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know why , if they do n't want people to come here , ’ said Betty fretfully , ‘ they do n't just put up notices all along the border describing the weather conditions . ’ |
| 16 | Well I think it gives them a link with the church , erm and they do n't just come in and say oh yes , turn up on Saturday and you 'll get married , there 's some meeting before that |
| 17 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |
| 18 | It did n't just start off with human beings , they s started in sectors and it spread . |
| 19 | The wardrobe when it landed did n't it hit a corner , but it did n't just crumple up , it exploded . |
| 20 | I mean I assumed he wanted me to know Poindexter 's name was Beethoven … it did n't just slip out . |
| 21 | You sure it does n't just push in and does it come ? |
| 22 | According to former Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup player Paul McGinley , who obtained his European Tour Card last year , it does n't just come down to how much natural ability a player has . |