Example sentences of "do n't just [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 2 | It did n't just start off with human beings , they s started in sectors and it spread . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The wardrobe when it landed did n't it hit a corner , but it did n't just crumple up , it exploded . |
| 5 | She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . |
| 6 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't just fall over , I fainted . |
| 8 | I mean I assumed he wanted me to know Poindexter 's name was Beethoven … it did n't just slip out . |
| 9 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |
| 10 | Do n't just go along . |
| 11 | He said that a man who 's gon na build a , build something , let's put it in a modern setting , the man who 's gon na , a man and woman , a couple are gon na put an extension on their house , they do n't just go down and buy a few dozen bricks , er , and a bag cement and start , they work out how much it 's gon na cost them first of all . |
| 12 | We do n't just go in and teach them . |
| 13 | thing that you want to play with do n't just bring down any old thing |
| 14 | If you find certain aspects of school work difficult , do n't just give up ; ask your teachers why they think you find it hard , and how you can begin to cope a bit better . |
| 15 | They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children . |
| 16 | You do n't just give up . |
| 17 | ‘ It is important that acts do n't just send in exactly the same tapes time and time again . |
| 18 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 19 | If , when you arrive at the interview you find you are early or there is a delay , do n't just sit around allowing tension to build up inside you . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't just sit back . |
| 21 | So , do n't just sit back , put pen to paper ( or finger to key ) and send your questions to any member of the editorial team . |
| 22 | You do n't just walk up to someone and say , " Hi ! |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't just walk off ! ’ he said . |
| 24 | Now these do n't just add up or cancel out . |
| 25 | I mean you 're like me , you want profession , you do n't just come out and throw it , like that , you see |
| 26 | Well I think it gives them a link with the church , erm and they do n't just come in and say oh yes , turn up on Saturday and you 'll get married , there 's some meeting before that |
| 27 | They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Charlotte do n't just run off and get on the path |
| 29 | ‘ You ought to know , ’ Anna said more gently , ‘ you ought to know by now that things you want do n't just fall off trees . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know why , if they do n't want people to come here , ’ said Betty fretfully , ‘ they do n't just put up notices all along the border describing the weather conditions . ’ |