Example sentences of "[pers pn] did not 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 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 4 | Do it again to make sure you did not just let go of the stick in fright ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ( 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 . |