Example sentences of "just did [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It did not take Hugo long to decide that the boy was wilful : he could learn , he just did not want to . |
| 2 | It featured no film material , no exterior shooting and nothing whatsoever in the way of visual effects — such a department just did not exist in 1949 . |
| 3 | Simon gave up half way through , but of course , he could have finished , if he had wished : he just did not feel like it . |
| 4 | ’ . I listened , looking vague I expect , but did nothing — not from ill-will but because it just did not occur to me to change . |
| 5 | At the same time that Engels argued that primitive societies were classless , he inevitably argued that the complex and subtle theory of history which he and Marx had developed just did not apply to these societies . |
| 6 | Firstly I tried the Cambridge Diet which just did not work for me . |
| 7 | They were , he said , ‘ cultural orphans ’ , and ‘ the children just did not know at all how to keep a house clean . |
| 8 | As far as I was concerned , the bits I rejected I just did n't bother with . |
| 9 | Well he just did n't smoke in cars . |
| 10 | We just did n't perform on the day . |
| 11 | The bag just did n't go with silk : it was too big and bulky , no doubt stuffed full with notepads and pencils , Mitch observed , his photographer 's eye altering her and becoming more exasperated with the hat every second . |
| 12 | But er they just did n't go to funerals . |
| 13 | Or rather , he could make them , but just did n't feel like abiding by them a few hours later . |
| 14 | It just did n't feel like Christmas Day . |
| 15 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 16 | I did so much shopping I just did n't feel like carrying any more — I 've cooked for days so I can concentrate here . ’ |
| 17 | No the ones down the corner looked better at , but I just did n't feel like standing there in the cold . |
| 18 | He just went straight for him and you know he just did n't think about where he was going or anything and he |
| 19 | I just did n't want to . |
| 20 | I just did n't want to be on my own . |
| 21 | Well no I just did n't want to that was that . |
| 22 | was conversation , we just did n't talk at all |
| 23 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 24 | But with the younger erm West Indians I did n't feel that we we we just did n't seem to be able to find an approach . |
| 25 | But it just did n't seem to be a time when you could er get an entry . |
| 26 | I just did n't seem to be able to handle Eric on the telephone . |
| 27 | It just did n't seem to be having any effect . |
| 28 | ‘ It just did n't sound to me like laughter . |
| 29 | A lot of that was also due to the fact that we just did n't get into it , because of all the stuff got stolen after we 'd started and there was a big break of about five or six weeks when we could n't do anything . |
| 30 | ‘ I just did n't know until now that the cup is Undry , Fand ! ’ |