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 . |