Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 , Renault failed not just to win an award but even to find a place among the shortlisted contenders . |
| 2 | Ms Bhutto has only just survived a vote of no confidence by the opposition , when her slim and wavering majority was cut by half , partially because of the defection of four of the tribal members to opposition benches . |
| 3 | Unisys Corp claims to have won some 50% of the world 's open systems transaction processing business , but still only has around 22 Tuxedo customers on its books , including the Union Bank of Switzerland , Eurodollar car rental , La Namur Assurance Co in Belgium and Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV ; NCR Corp , it estimates , has some 10 to 15 customers for Top End monitor , while Transarc Corp 's rival Encina has only just started shipping . |
| 4 | Troopies did n't just sprout of their own accord . |
| 5 | But now the meal was over , and David had only just made an appearance . |
| 6 | The A-Z told me that the gardens off the alley belonged to the houses on Lee Metford Road and there seemed no good reason why Nevil had not just driven straight there . |
| 7 | Opera North has also just unveiled a new Britten staging : Peter Grimes , directed by Ronald Eyre and with John Treleaven as the visionary Suffolk fisherman . |
| 8 | However , IBM has only just started manufacturing OS/2 2.0 for British distribution . |
| 9 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 10 | Korea had not just intensified the Cold War with , for example , analogies being drawn between the partitioned Korean peninsula and the divided nature of Germany ; it also placed an extra burden on American resources . |
| 11 | One was the common ostrich ; the other was the smaller ‘ petise ’ version that Darwin had only just snatched from the jaws of his shipmates . |
| 12 | . I I i i in a way I want to back up the point Mr has just just made . |
| 13 | Despite our beliefs , pain has undermined his strength , he is not undefeatable , God has had his way , if he ever lost it , and Satan has not just fallen , from Heaven to Hell , but has buried himself further into the pit , he has fallen further in trying , once again , to achieve greater height than he deserved . |
| 14 | But Coventry do not just see themselves as killjoys . |
| 15 | Cousin and neighbour Nicholas Gutesha , said : ‘ Robert had only just decorated the house as a Christmas treat for his mum . ’ |
| 16 | If the dispute had ended there , the exchange of words would have passed into football folklore as further evidence of Gallacher 's greatness , but the bad boy from Bellshill had only just begun . |
| 17 | Jesus came not just to forgive and to cleanse , but to break the power of sin |
| 18 | Dexter distrusted the whole concept , fearing that Blanche did not just operate at the rational level of searching for evidence and reassembling facts , but that she so thought herself into the mind of murderer and victim , that she communed with spirits . |
| 19 | But tonight , after the dancing and the cheers , Miguelito did n't just slip away . |
| 20 | Guy Sterne did n't just avoid seeing his family , he did n't like talking about them either . |
| 21 | But Jesus does n't just say that which is born of the flesh is flesh , but he also says , and that is which is born of the spirit is spirit . |
| 22 | And Jesus does n't just chat to us for the sake of chatting to us , he , when he speaks to us his words have authority , they have input , they are vital and we must pay attention to them . |
| 23 | Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives . |
| 24 | That evening , Dr Cyril Craig-Dunlop stopped in just to visit . |
| 25 | And Rodger has only just come back from three weeks ' rehabilitation at Lilleshall . |
| 26 | Could it possibly be mere chance , I asked myself , that this manna from God knew where just happened to be my absolute favourites bar none ? |
| 27 | Although the idea of WCY is over a year old and the year is now a month old , Britain has only just announced its six-man committee to represent the country 's interests . |
| 28 | Versant has also just shipped its stuff for OS/2 . |
| 29 | If we 're to win Fairclough must mark flash well and Newsome and possibly Pemberton play out of their skins — Battyburn do n't just have flash although it does appear that way at times . |
| 30 | It was sparsely furnished , for Anne had only just come into her inheritance , but it was newly decorated and clean . |