Example sentences of "[not/n't] just [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accomplished the most difficult of all sporting tasks : not just taking his team to the top but keeping it there . |
| 2 | Since different measurements on A produce incompatible consequences for B , the act of measurement must induce a new state for B , not just reveal its previously existing state . |
| 3 | If Theo was worried about marriage settlements in the event of death " why do you not just knife your wife and have done with it ? " |
| 4 | Some theorists feel that the : is too imprecise and there is a need to state the nature of a relationship , not just to signal its existence . |
| 5 | We are not just sharing our furniture , we are jointly building a new and bigger house . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 're not just wasting your time here , I take it ? ’ asks his father . |
| 7 | But to stay , to lie in his arms and each time know that he was dreaming of another woman , would not just break her heart but shatter it . |
| 8 | Real life was survival , not just getting your taxes done on time . ’ |
| 9 | One day , in the dim and distant future , I expect that I shall want to move into different arenas , but I imagine that I shall continue as an NCT member , not just to receive my favourite journal , New Generation but also to carry on contributing to my favourite charity . |
| 10 | The Irish League can not just wash their hands of the matter , as Morton McKnight seems to have done . |
| 11 | One minstrel was supposed to have not just glorified his master but saved his life as well : |
| 12 | He does not just open his eyes and look and there it is . |
| 13 | We shall not be satisfied with a theory which does less than justice to the biblical view of the nature of man , but at the same time we need to be sure that we really have grasped the biblical view , and not just read our own ideas into it . |
| 14 | You encouraged me to think for myself — not just to absorb your opinions but to consider those of others and develop my own . |
| 15 | Why not just demand their valuables and scamper off ? |
| 16 | Naturally I exaggerate , but it must be of vital importance that people whose contact with the hills is likely to be brief , are taught not just to fulfil their potential but to respect the environment that enables them to do it . |
| 17 | Totem and Taboo does not just help our understanding of totemism . |
| 18 | We sat before him looking at him with respectful eyes ( that is , all but one of us , who usually went to sleep as soon as the class started ; she was not just closing her eyes , she was fast asleep ) . |
| 19 | Pub customers do not just buy their beer . |
| 20 | The crickets were not just rubbing their f—ing legs together , it had deep meaning , there were these balls of light and inside were these little insect-like beings … |
| 21 | But whatever we call it , this sense that words do not just have their face-value meaning , but are to be critically interpreted as indicators of tone and attitude , is an essential part of James 's technique . |
| 22 | You , I mean , if she if she likes the girl , which she obviously does , why not just rap her door or wait till she sees her and say you know |
| 23 | The one-lap hurdles queen has quickly discovered that winning the Olympic title has not just brought her fame and fortune . |
| 24 | A monster eating a child does not just gnaw its head , but holds its wrists to stop it wriggling . |
| 25 | All of these specialists , however , are first and foremost generalist advice workers , in keeping with the CAB ethos of considering the ‘ whole ‘ person and not just extracting their debt problems . |
| 26 | These reflected a growing interest in church growth and a desire to find a way to grow the church which did not just find its expression in building bigger buildings . |
| 27 | Doors previously bolted shut have miraculously swung open , people are not just returning his calls , they 're phoning him . |
| 28 | Why these particular prints stand out in my opinion from so many produced for the tourists of the time , is because the artist has not just reproduced his drawings on to plates but he has been able to produce marks that are alive and work within the context of the print . |
| 29 | ‘ Everybody complains about taxes today , but in ancient times wealthy Romans were expected not just to pay their taxes but to finance public works , as well . ’ |
| 30 | Abraham does not just risk his life in this campaign . |