Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] not just " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Proof that Silas really loved me , and that I had n't just become a habit with him .
2 She has very clear pale skin and so is used to having quite strong make-up ( ‘ so that I do n't just look a bland mass ’ ) .
3 So far , however , we should recognise that she speaks not just for Britain , but for a lot of others too .
4 The reason for this is that you do not just calculate the length and breadth of the pool , but the various areas that are going to accommodate marginal shelves as well .
5 It must be remembered that you do not just want someone whose opinion is going to carry weight but someone who is also going to provide persuasive evidence both in their report and at trial .
6 There 's so much random stuff that you do n't just details irrelevant .
7 A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people .
8 This is why we have instituted imaginative reforms of education , of health , of the legal profession , of social security , and of other crucial areas of our national life — so that we do n't just do more , but also do better .
9 I would n't actually say that you know , one has got to suffer unduly , but I think we do have to be very , very careful that we do n't just play into the hands of the drug manufacturers !
10 Well first of all I suppose one should say that we do n't just use one computer , we , like lots of other libraries , have got access to a large number of computers , and indeed you 'll find these computers being used elsewhere for the same sort of way .
11 Well , first of all I suppose one should say that we do n't just use one computer , we , like lots of other libraries , have got access to a large number of computers , and indeed you 'll find these computers being used elsewhere for the same sort of work .
12 Then her eyes slowly began to focus and she realised that they had n't just been tossed on to the bed .
13 Mixing soul , country and intelligent pop influences in their powerful acoustically-driven sound , they showed on the night that they had not just the songs but the conviction also to make an impact .
14 Even though we want the judgements of young doctors to be securely based on the evidence , we want to feel that they have not just assiduously acquired the necessary knowledge , but also have immediate first-hand understanding of it in practice , having conducted patient examinations , observed relevant operations , and so forth .
15 Okay cats tend to land on their feet but they also tend to take injuries like erm severe pancreatic injuries if they land from high things , so they do n't just
16 To understand an ulcer and be able to treat it , we must understand that it does not just appear ; something causes it to develop .
17 To make sure that he has n't just come home I telephoned twice this afternoon , and again just before I left to come here .
18 ‘ 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 .
19 I suppose there 's always nutters about , but there is something special about the band , and I do n't just mean their liability to lawsuits .
20 And I do n't just mean the belief that you 're trying to communicate .
21 ‘ 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 .
22 It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went .
23 Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well
24 Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big .
25 In fact I 'm playing Xerium , of all things , and blow me down , blow me up if I have n't just found out how to get over the Mountains of Zound at long , long last .
26 cos I did n't just
27 And in the course of time they began to make simple documentaries erm which would be something say the study of Pekin , if you happened to go there , or Italy if you happened to go , any country that to which you could go , you went and you made not just newsreels but also erm documentary studies of these films , of these places .
28 There are voices you turn to as a friend , and you do n't just turn your back on your friends if they go off the rails .
29 They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination .
30 ‘ Let's just say I 'm about as helpful as you are practical — it would n't surprise me if you had n't just run out of petrol . ’
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