Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] just [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By ‘ thought ’ Descartes did not just mean deliberation , or some strictly intellectual activity ; he took it to include other forms of consciousness , such as imagining and feeling .
2 They do not just generate data but enter into collaboration in the continuous monitoring of classroom activity and its effects .
3 This reveals that these words do not just carry information about proportions but also about speakers ' expectations , and even speakers ' expectations about hearers ' expectations and so on .
4 But as with the sexist idioms and assumptions we looked at earlier , the patterns of language do not just reflect inequality .
5 Third , conjunctive relations do not just reflect relations between external phenomena , but may also be set up to reflect relations which are internal to the text or communicative situation .
6 We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation .
7 We suppose , for instance , that what somebody says to us will be relevant to the occasion or to what has just been said , that people do not just issue utterances at random .
8 We do not just consider Mendel 's theory in isolation .
9 For Hoover did n't just make phone calls , or misuse a limo .
10 ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions .
11 Trucks did n't just set fire to themselves .
12 But Koresh did n't just take Davidians wives .
13 ‘ It 's a pity that Laura did n't just ask Louisa what her secret was — when she saw her , I mean . ’
14 They did n't just have knowledge .
15 Well last night 's arctic weather did n't just cause chaos on the roads .
16 I do n't just sack people . ’
17 With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together .
18 erm And I 'm very much looking forward to that , on Wednesday I 'm coming and we 're having a promotions day when we 'll let everyone know what we 're doing ; when it 's going to be , where it 's going to be held , and erm give two hundred youngsters the opportunity to try erm the various sports , we do n't just do football now either , we do lots of other sports .
19 We do n't just fit bathrooms , we build independence
20 ‘ Are you sure you do n't just want Rickie out of the way ? ’
21 I do n't just want people to get their rocks off .
22 ‘ The universities have a lot to offer industry , and industry has a lot to offer universities , and I do n't just mean money , ’ he said .
23 There was a lot of stress on resources , and by resources I do n't just mean books in libraries , I mean staffing resources primarily … and we used to be very fierce about the quality of course leadership , for example .
24 I do n't just think Niki does n't want to be known , I know it .
25 These objects do n't just pass data values , but field names and types as well .
26 A LEGEND in His Own Press Release Part 2 : Nescafe do n't just make coffee now they create micro celebs .
27 It 's important that people on TV do n't just stay icons , but meet people in living colour , if you do n't mind the pun !
28 Do n't just include music from the 30s and 40s — some residents may like light classical or early music , others may be jazz buffs .
29 Within days of moving up he assumed a Farmer Giles accent , extra-shapeless trousers ( nothing is so sexless as an Englishman 's trousers ) , broken boots ( ‘ They do n't just let water in , they suck it in , ’ he said proudly ) , and most important , a bucket hat , of which he had a whole series .
30 The Scots do n't just sell electricity .
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