Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't just [verb] " in BNC.

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1 You must n't just sit there and do it love .
2 So it 's it 's vital that you get this exercise right and it , and you must n't just think of it as part of the study of History of Language , it 's not , it 's , it 's a er a definite part of your course .
3 We should n't just think we 're not going to be here in two years time , it 's somebody else 's problem , they 'll take over our debts .
4 Yes , it 's very important to remember that both in , from this direct point of view and from Freud 's findings , you should n't just assume that it was a watertight compartment between two areas , as it were .
5 I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’
6 As they continue to fight their pop past PAUL BYRNE ! asks Mark Hollis whether they should n't just change their name to Whisper Whisper ?
7 I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit .
8 In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering .
9 At the same time I think others , or the points she raises , erm , you know are good points and I do n't think that we should just my personal feeling is that we should n't just shelve it .
10 You should n't just bugger off , you know , it 's not right .
11 One I 've already mentioned , namely , if you type something that the computer does n't understand , it should n't just say , ‘ I do n't understand , Error number three hundred and twenty-two ’ , or something like that .
12 The first piece of advice that 's necessary is that you should n't just try to be fashionable by choosing juicy speeches that catch your eye without knowing the whole play and having a working idea of how to perform the speech .
13 But although we ca n't comprehend these levels of improbability in our minds , we should n't just run away from them in terror .
14 Erm and er that it 's maybe very important at a time like this when children are potentially going and and knocking on stranger 's doors to be particularly careful so what we 've done is is is put together a simple guide for parents and carers erm which suggests that er they should n't just let their children go off for the evening .
15 Should n't just let flipping just work nothing , do nothing .
16 You could n't just walk into it casually , as he had done , drop home from the office and decide to eradicate her on the spur of the moment .
17 Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him .
18 I could n't just walk out on them after three years with the organization .
19 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 .
20 But she could n't just walk out of the old woman 's life , not without preparing her first .
21 Well there was always the parlour , you must have the parlour and er you , you had two living rooms and the one was the parlour and there was a cellar underneath the parlour and er the stairs used to come in from the back and go up , up the stairs over the entrance to the cellar but the stairs used to run up there underneath the stairs was the entrance to the cellar , there was a door , so that you could n't just walk down the cellar without opening the door you see , but apart from that there was er there was just the two , two bedrooms .
22 But then you could n't just switch it on and listen to the music like the wireless .
23 ‘ I could n't just throw away all the work I 'd already done ! ’
24 You could n't just sit down in a street .
25 But she could n't just sit there and let him criticise her choice of friends .
26 It looked like a dull day outside but she could n't just sit in her room doing nothing .
27 I could n't just sit and watch them dying . ’
28 He could n't just sit here and do nothing .
29 Well I could n't just tell you honestly about that but I think the riveters decided who got what , you know .
30 You 'd need to , you could n't just bring somebody in .
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