Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 2 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not just hear ! ’ she retorted . |
| 4 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 5 | Do it again to make sure you did not just let go of the stick in fright ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | As the Wasp Junior is supercharged you do not just push the lever to the stop for fear of bursting it , so I relied on Tony to limit the movement of my left hand , revelling in the swelling thunder of the fifteen-litre engine and the surging acceleration as the nose reared under its power . |
| 8 | ‘ But you do not just march into a druggist 's and demand atropine , ’ objected Auguste . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love … |
| 12 | By this we do not Just mean that many people believe that the system is unjust . |
| 13 | We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation . |
| 14 | By these we do not just mean that lots of people do research and take time over it . |
| 15 | We do not just consider Mendel 's theory in isolation . |
| 16 | Words articulate our experience of things , they do not just express or reflect it ; they give form to what , without language and other sign-systems , would merely be a chaotic and undifferentiated jumble of ideas ; instead of things determining the meaning of words , words determine the meaning of things . |
| 17 | As we are beginning to see , however , these people generate their own rules for ordering their lives , they do not just exist in the middle of chaos . |
| 18 | They do not just generate data but enter into collaboration in the continuous monitoring of classroom activity and its effects . |
| 19 | They do not just know the ropes : they make the ropes . |
| 20 | For his coronation he did not just go to Aachen to be ‘ elected ’ king of the Franks in the old way , but dressed up in Frankish costume for the occasion . |
| 21 | ( A famous actor interviewed recently on the radio said that , when he had learned his part in a play , he did not just know the words he had to say but where the new paragraphs came and when he had to turn the page of the script . |
| 22 | He does not just open his eyes and look and there it is . |
| 23 | But as we can see , he does not just blame Hegel here , for according to Levinas ontology itself is the problem . |
| 24 | It does not just consist of a single transition from to for each rotational level ; it includes lots of lines due to transitions with , where J is the general rotational quantum number . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It does not just refer to ‘ sharp business practices ’ and people making slightly greater profits than they should . |
| 27 | To understand an ulcer and be able to treat it , we must understand that it does not just appear ; something causes it to develop . |