Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] just [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The project did not just aim to find out children 's existing ideas . |
| 2 | Do it again to make sure you did not just let go of the stick in fright ! |
| 3 | But women 's views of infidelity do not just involve having sex with someone else . |
| 4 | Teachers , that is , do not just decide to deploy particular skills because of their recognized professional worth and value , or because of their own confidence and competence in operating them . |
| 5 | Do not just avoid paying the bills in the hope that you will eventually find the money . |
| 6 | Humans do not just react to fire , they act upon it in terms of the meanings they give to it . |
| 7 | In conventional costing systems , figures do not just get absorbed into the system never to be seen again ; they may release figures to go flying around the corporate universe , possibly causing considerable mischief . |
| 8 | What this analysis indicates , however , is that cost accountants do not just need to improve their product-costing , vital though that is for strategic decisions . |
| 9 | He did n't just eat to live that horse , he lived to eat , which was obvious when you saw how fat he was . |
| 10 | It did n't just fail to qualify , it failed to pre-qualify . |
| 11 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
| 12 | Guy Sterne did n't just avoid seeing his family , he did n't like talking about them either . |
| 13 | I did n't just wannabe put in a chair , given some lyrics to read and say ‘ that 's it . ’ . |
| 14 | Ex-Switchboard volunteers did n't just help to found Lesbian Line . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't just stop loving someone after all that time — unfortunately , ’ she says . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Actors do n't just exist to please themselves , to have a good time , to act as they choose , either well or badly . |
| 18 | Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’ |
| 19 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 20 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 21 | But we do n't just want to scratch about . |
| 22 | Erm , women do n't just want to write about knitting , erm |
| 23 | ‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . |
| 24 | We do n't just aim to offer you the lowest possible prices ; we also take great pride in the high standard of service you are given from when you make your booking right through until you arrive home again . |
| 25 | I do n't just mean decentralizing the housing by having it in area offices . |
| 26 | But some people do n't just try to change their other half 's appearance : they want to alter their characters , too . |
| 27 | I do n't just say taking part for taking part sake . |
| 28 | ‘ By a quite exceptional oversight , ’ said Rufus , ‘ I do n't just happen to have any picture postcards of the Acropolis about me at present . ’ |
| 29 | And , finally , do n't just get sold a bill of goods . |
| 30 | Now , you do n't just have to watch other people 's lives on TV — you can watch your own . |