Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not just " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the long term there must be improvement as Russia industrializes , but in the short term erm presumably we see the development of , of a , of a sort of Stalinist totalitarianism precisely because the screws are really being turned on people as much work is being got out of them as possible in order to accumulate capital and to build up basic industries and , and , and to divert , I mean not just into heavy industries , but to divert er resources into arms production as well . |
| 2 | for anything , I mean not just |
| 3 | I mean not just trying but if you if you get chosen to play the violin it means practising and practising and staying with it so that you become a good violin player . |
| 4 | I mean not just filthy i er bodily but they had filthy habits . |
| 5 | After I got my free plaster and sticky tape to keep the cotton wool swab on I found not just a cup of tea and rich tea on offer but a wide choice of beverages and crisps and chocolate biscuits all individually wrapped — from looking at that feast you would n't believe the NHS is strapped for cash . |
| 6 | But this revival of national awareness is happening I believe not just in Germany . |
| 7 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 8 | When that happens , he wrote , I do n't just feel I 'm not moving forward , I feel I 'm sliding right back . |
| 9 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't just like to do ballet — I like disco dancing , too , ’ he revealed to us . |
| 11 | I do n't just recall — , |
| 12 | She has very clear pale skin and so is used to having quite strong make-up ( ‘ so that I do n't just look a bland mass ’ ) . |
| 13 | I do n't just exist , either . |
| 14 | I do n't just mean the skin … other things are different … ways , habits , everything ’ . |
| 15 | I do n't just knit sweaters , but experiment with new patterns , colours and textures making anything from hats to curtain . |
| 16 | I do n't just want people to get their rocks off . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't just barf on boats . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't just think Niki does n't want to be known , I know it . |
| 19 | ‘ By a quite exceptional oversight , ’ said Rufus , ‘ I do n't just happen to have any picture postcards of the Acropolis about me at present . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't just sit back . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . |
| 22 | I suppose there 's always nutters about , but there is something special about the band , and I do n't just mean their liability to lawsuits . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't just say ‘ I 've got toothache ’ , but toothache makes me say this . ’ |
| 24 | No , no , I know what you mean , and on the whole yes , you 're right ; your modern fairy-tale — I do n't just mean what 's miscalled ‘ science fiction ’ , but all the stories that feed the modern hunger for the supernatural — they do tend to be more or less moral now . |
| 25 | Well now , now you know that when I disappear with a placard sign , I do n't just appear with a placard , we are doing things behind the scenes . |
| 26 | But I do n't just go in one shop , and I never buy anything without looking at the price . |
| 27 | I do n't just sack people . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't just mean the other stuff . ’ |
| 29 | And I do n't just mean the belief that you 're trying to communicate . |
| 30 | I do n't just do old men any more . |