Example sentences of "did [adv] just [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversion did not just affect the family transport . |
| 2 | These religious tensions go a long way towards explaining why the party divide cut so deep into society : political strife during the first age of party did not just affect the political elite at the centre and a minority of the more affluent and better-educated classes in the localities , but all sorts of people , including those of fairly humble backgrounds , women as well as men , were caught up in the party divide . |
| 3 | Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love … |
| 4 | In the certificate the auditor did not just recite the clause : he specifically raised the methodology point . |
| 5 | ( A famous actor interviewed recently on the radio said that , when he had learned his part in a play , he did not just know the words he had to say but where the new paragraphs came and when he had to turn the page of the script . |
| 6 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 7 | But he did n't just try the handle . |
| 8 | Mother , I sensed , did n't just know a little about Mr Broadhurst , she knew all about him . |
| 9 | And the list grew longer every time , for he did n't just read the new names but began with the first and proceeded to the newest , the tension in his cathedral growing as he reached the end of the litany of those whose names were already familiar and , without pause , added those of the latest . |
| 10 | But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress . |
| 11 | Playing a team who did nt just believe the hype and went for it . |