Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't stop such outrages but I ca n't just stand by and let them continue . |
| 2 | But I ca n't just sit here and watch him . |
| 3 | But I ca n't just play the pawn any more . |
| 4 | I have brought them with me but I ca n't just keep them at home . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't just let this thing pass — sit back and pretend it has n't happened . |
| 6 | ‘ But I would n't just ignore these people . |
| 7 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
| 8 | But I would n't just go off my own bat now and order stuff . |
| 9 | ‘ My husband to retire … but I would probably just die if I ever did ! ’ |
| 10 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 11 | But you may also just find , as I did , that the experience of shutting up and listening is extraordinarily refreshing . |
| 12 | ‘ But you ca n't just hide forever . ’ |
| 13 | But you ca n't just tell her what to wear . |
| 14 | ‘ But you ca n't just sit at home all day . ’ |
| 15 | But you ca n't just go home and watch TV after the show because you are on a high . |
| 16 | ‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side . |
| 17 | I do n't mind that , but you ca n't just have that . |
| 18 | Finally , what about those things that you know need a good clean , but you 'd rather just forget ? |
| 19 | But she could n't just sit there and let him criticise her choice of friends . |
| 20 | It looked like a dull day outside but she could n't just sit in her room doing nothing . |
| 21 | ‘ But she could n't just go , like that . |
| 22 | But she could n't just walk out of the old woman 's life , not without preparing her first . |
| 23 | But she could n't just desert them , either ; for several members of the cast this play of Josh Thayer 's was the first decent break they 'd had , and she knew from dressing-room conversations just how much personal and emotional investment they 'd made in its success . |
| 24 | ‘ But we ca n't just leave them up there on their own , Dolly . |
| 25 | But we can not just announce that this is the case , e.g. with our beliefs about our sensory states . |
| 26 | But he could n't just leave her at the station . |
| 27 | He might kill me , but he could n't just let me die . |
| 28 | He turned and went back into the inn , but he could only just stand on his feet . |