Example sentences of "do n't just [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Paul again when he 's writing to the Philippians , in chapter four and verse thirteen , he says I can do all things , oh how arrogant of you Paul , how boastful you are , oh no he did n't just finish there did he , he says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me , and writing to the Romans in that tremendous eighth chapter of Romans and verse thirty seven he says in all these things , in all the problems of life , in all the difficulties and all the temptations , in all the pressures that we are called to go through he says , in all of these things we overwhelmingly concur , we are triumphant he says , how , through him who loved us . |
3 | They did n't just acknowledge gracefully that they 'd been beaten , or perhaps even that they had been wrong , and welcome their Reporter back . |
4 | But tonight , after the dancing and the cheers , Miguelito did n't just slip away . |
5 | Your daily dozen exercises do n't just stop here ! |
6 | Something left undealt with is invariably going to recur and cause trouble in the future — things do n't just go away because the possibility to talk about them is n't there . ’ |
7 | This is why we have instituted imaginative reforms of education , of health , of the legal profession , of social security , and of other crucial areas of our national life — so that we do n't just do more , but also do better . |
8 | Well , do n't just stand there , Lilian dear . |
9 | Do n't just stand there watching ! ’ |
10 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! ’ he yelled . |
11 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there gaping , ’ bellowed the Headmaster . |
12 | ‘ Do n't just stand there girls ! ’ bellowed Miss Hardbroom , ‘ Catch the creature ! ’ |
13 | ‘ Do n't just stand there shrieking at me ! |
14 | ‘ Well then , do n't just stand there talking about it … do it ! ’ |
15 | But do n't just stand there looking brave , press the trigger of yer gun and spray some slugs around . |
16 | Doctor , do n't just stand there smiling like an idiot . |
17 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! |
18 | Do n't just stand there ! |
19 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there and bloody watch me . |
20 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , you bove , ’ snapped a slim woman in a black catsuit . |
21 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ said the sword ( in a voice like the sound of a finger dragged around the rim of a large empty wine glass ) . |
22 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there , say something — like it 's wonderful , fabulous ! ’ |
23 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ he said , ‘ find out what the hell she means , say something . ’ |
24 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ she said . |
25 | Do n't just stand there ! |
26 | Lucie turned waspishly on his daughter : ‘ Do n't just stand there . |
27 | Do n't just stand there like a dummy . |
28 | ‘ Well do n't just stand there . |
29 | Do n't just stand there with that hateful expression on your face ! ’ |
30 | ‘ Do n't just stand there glowering at me , ’ Damian murmured sardonically . |