Example sentences of "i [vb mod] not just [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
2 | I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit . |
3 | Well , I might not just want it there . |
4 | It would n't enter his head that I might not just kill Vecchi out of hand . |
5 | I could n't just walk out on them after three years with the organization . |
6 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
7 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
8 | I could n't just leave it . |
9 | I — I could n't just go in and — and I had nowhere to go so … ’ |
10 | Yes , but mum , I could n't just go back and do like every show ! |
11 | I could n't just sit and watch them dying . ’ |
12 | Well I could n't just tell you honestly about that but I think the riveters decided who got what , you know . |
13 | ‘ I 'd like to be busy and I could n't just stop my life after tennis . |
14 | ‘ I could n't just throw away all the work I 'd already done ! ’ |
15 | I could n't just have them standing at the back . |
16 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
17 | I could n't just keep silent . |
18 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
19 | ‘ But I would n't just ignore these people . |
20 | ‘ I would n't just go to India . |
21 | But I would n't just go off my own bat now and order stuff . |
22 | I would n't just use it to grab grab grab with . |
23 | Yeah , on the six o'clock they said it was half way through and Nigel Mansell was the lead and I thought you were watching it live , so I would n't just come through and |
24 | ‘ I ca n't just stay here ! ’ |
25 | I ca n't just leave her behind . |
26 | I ca n't just leave him high and dry either . |
27 | ‘ I ca n't just leave him . |
28 | I ca n't just leave it and walk away . |
29 | ‘ I ca n't just walk out on her . ’ |
30 | I ca n't just walk out . |