Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] just [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ UK businesses now have a great opportunity in markets both at home and abroad , thanks not just to pound 's depreciation but to their own efficiency gains , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 2 | ‘ I bet it moves the books around just to torment me but I 'll get it , do n't you worry . |
| 3 | One of the places we used was in such a state of unrepair that every time it rained we had to put out buckets everywhere just to keep our feet dry . ’ |
| 4 | Horn had , in a different way , addressed similar issues in his work with ABC , using the 1980s routine of issuing singles in a variety of mixes not just to exploit the fans but also to expose the studio processes and calculations kept hidden when records are presented as ‘ finished ’ goods . |
| 5 | The abilities not just to comprehend , to take things into one 's own understanding , and to make something of them , but also to be able to evaluate critically the available theories and traditions , and to be willing and have the mental toughness to take up a stance of one 's own : all these abilities point to an intellectual independence , requiring real academic freedom for their realization . |
| 6 | But if you go and look down in your statements now just to check that ! |
| 7 | erm , but , erm it 's , it 's pretty straightforward , I , I usually refer to the previous month 's erm things anyway just to make sure I 'm doing everything right cos they use |
| 8 | I do n't go around making things up just to get myself a story ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The Classic is the talk of the north west angling scene and I cut my holidays short just to take part in the qualifying match at Halsnead Park . ’ |
| 10 | Cos I need some friends around just to like protect me cos I was the only girl last week and I just had no one to refer to . |
| 11 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 12 | I 'll give you a few minutes again just to consider these questions . |
| 13 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |