Example sentences of "did [adv] just [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 2 | I believe that they are extant throughout Europe and that our ancient villages did not just grow up according to the ribbon development and river crossing theory of geography , but conform to a larger , geometric pattern . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It did n't just start off with human beings , they s started in sectors and it spread . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The wardrobe when it landed did n't it hit a corner , but it did n't just crumple up , it exploded . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't just fall over , I fainted . |
| 13 | But tonight , after the dancing and the cheers , Miguelito did n't just slip away . |
| 14 | I mean I assumed he wanted me to know Poindexter 's name was Beethoven … it did n't just slip out . |
| 15 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |