Example sentences of "[adv] just [vb infin] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that they are extant throughout Europe and that our ancient villages did not just grow up according to the ribbon development and river crossing theory of geography , but conform to a larger , geometric pattern . |
| 2 | The inspiring influence behind an automatic promotion triumph is determined Boro will not just make up the numbers in the top flight . |
| 3 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 4 | I mean when Rutherford did his experiments years and years ago he produced his planetary model of the nucleus , of the atom where the nucleus plays the role of the sun and the electrons play the role of the planets , and people said well why do n't they just spiral in an erm Rutherford had actually no answer to this , but the answer to this was produced by the Danish physicist Nils Bore , who said ‘ Well they do n't spiral in because erm electrons can not just take up any orbit , they can take up certain specified orbits which he called stationary states , and there is a lowest one of these , and when the electron gets down there it can not go any further . |
| 5 | Risk factors for heart disease do not just add up , they multiply . |
| 6 | They just walk round , they do n't do nothing , they 'll probably just walk up this and then c come out the other end and go back to the police station . |
| 7 | he walks past there , if he really wanted to bust us that bad he 'd probably just come up and say right |
| 8 | does n't say all that much , she 'll probably just get up and walk out of the room or , or heave a big sigh or something . |
| 9 | ‘ They all feel they ca n't just split up and never see or speak to one another again . |
| 10 | She even started making other arrangements so she would n't just end up sitting at home staring at the phone and forcing herself not to ring him and say her plans had changed and she was free after all . |
| 11 | If you find certain aspects of school work difficult , do n't just give up ; ask your teachers why they think you find it hard , and how you can begin to cope a bit better . |
| 12 | They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children . |
| 13 | ‘ But , Apricot , ’ protested Brenda and Belinda , ‘ you ca n't just give up and do nothing . |
| 14 | You do n't just give up . |
| 15 | You do n't just walk up to someone and say , " Hi ! |
| 16 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 17 | Having said that , in order to get into production , or even to use it , you ca n't just set up in those days any more than you can today , now you need planning permission to , you need . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | The wardrobe when it landed did n't it hit a corner , but it did n't just crumple up , it exploded . |
| 21 | They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Now these do n't just add up or cancel out . |
| 23 | You ca n't just dig up a magnolia one July day and put it in the gap left by the camellia — it will die rather quickly . |
| 24 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 25 | Obviously a married woman ca n't just get up from her chair at that time of the evening and announce that she 's going out . |
| 26 | And if I feel like it , I wo n't just screw up your life with that stupid , lame bitch , I 'll make her part of the deal . |
| 27 | I ca n't just ring up and say hi two of my , well a friend and an acquaintance |
| 28 | In fact she might even just dream up a few to even up the score a little . |
| 29 | Yeah they can actually just turn up and say let's have a look at your box . |