Example sentences of "[pers pn] did [adv] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 2 | ‘ I did not just hear ! ’ she retorted . |
| 3 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't just wannabe put in a chair , given some lyrics to read and say ‘ that 's it . ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't just fall over , I fainted . |
| 7 | I did n't just wan na be put in a chair , given some lyrics to read and say ‘ that 's it . ’ |
| 8 | " I did n't just let her send me to bed — I wanted to go to bed . " |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 11 | Do it again to make sure you did not just let go of the stick in fright ! |
| 12 | Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week |
| 13 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 14 | And what and surely you did n't just say nothing to that ? |
| 15 | You did n't just pluck those adjectives out of thin air . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder ! |
| 19 | She did n't just switch off the television during love scenes in a film , for instance , but even if a scantily clad woman was shown on a beach or something . |
| 20 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 21 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 22 | She did n't just pin them up on her walls , these women , she studied them . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave . |
| 24 | I 'm quite sure that when she said that , come see a man that told me everything I did , she did n't just leave it there , but she 'd have put such words as and he did n't condemn me he did n't berate me he did n't point a judgemental finger at me , but he loved me ! |
| 25 | ‘ How do you know she did n't just let him die , knowing he belonged to me ? ’ |
| 26 | erm I think she did actually just put it up . |
| 27 | it 's not pronounced in mine , but , some er they say that with where it 's gone away , you know , there 's all sorts of things that can prove it I mean the obvious thing is we came from somewhere did n't we ? , we did n't just drop here with a flash of light and er they 've studied plants and other animals and they evolved . |
| 28 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 29 | We did n't just write for information as to what National Parties |
| 30 | We did n't just have one or two but several , all over the place . |