Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] just [vb infin] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But women 's views of infidelity do not just involve having sex with someone else . |
| 2 | Do not just avoid paying the bills in the hope that you will eventually find the money . |
| 3 | Guy Sterne did n't just avoid seeing his family , he did n't like talking about them either . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't just stop loving someone after all that time — unfortunately , ’ she says . |
| 5 | It wo n't work when you go one nil up , or you 're one nil down , you have to hold something in reserve ; mid-field players have to come back , the forwards have to come back and hold tight , you do n't just go charging up looking to get another goal , or trying to equalize , but that 's the basic error . |
| 6 | I do n't just mean decentralizing the housing by having it in area offices . |
| 7 | I do n't just say taking part for taking part sake . |
| 8 | Hence , a dynamic consideration of portfolio analysis , as applied to major investment decisions with their relatively long time horizons , does not just mean moving SBUs up or down the portfolio grid by transferring resources between them ( from ‘ cash cows ’ to ‘ problem children ’ and ‘ stars ’ ) . |
| 9 | Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . |
| 10 | To leave self behind does not just mean denying oneself . |
| 11 | He differentiates this from outsourcing , which he says covers a much broader spectrum — it does not just involve looking after computer hardware and software , but includes other non-computer-related services too . |
| 12 | That does n't just mean using a cash register , giving the correct change and adding up prices , although of course these are important . |
| 13 | It is a big job , it does n't just mean changing the colour of your stock , er , and it 's difficult to think of erm , er , Alan wearing the purple so to say , but erm , I 'm sure he , I went to his consecration in York about two months ago , it was a very moving and er , enjoyable occasion and he 's erm , er , now entered upon that inheritance . |
| 14 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 15 | This board of directors has just been spelling out the fact that we 're in big trouble ; we 're heavily in debt , we 're showing a … a net loss before taxation … we can barely afford this month 's wages bills , we ca n't meet half our orders … all that does n't just come blazing in overnight after an accident with the new singeing machine in the printing plant … ’ |