Example sentences of "he [was/were] not just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he gets up and sees the situation and remember , he said , Jesus was n't out for joy ride , he was n't just passing an evening relaxing and unwinding and resting away from the crowd , he had gone into the boat for a purpose , he was going to the other side , and no storm was gon na stop him getting there ! |
| 2 | He did n't know what it was , but now it was n't small talk and he was n't just ticking over any more . |
| 3 | So he was n't just saying it . |
| 4 | He was n't just doing it for himself any more . ’ |
| 5 | He was n't just pontificating , he was n't just starting out things he thought about , he and and , ideas that had come into his head , he spoke as one who had authority and because of that they heard him . |
| 6 | He was n't just playing at being the star . |
| 7 | He was n't just pontificating , he was n't just starting out things he thought about , he and and , ideas that had come into his head , he spoke as one who had authority and because of that they heard him . |
| 8 | Later , in Stuttgart , he was not just accepted but positively idolized ; even so , there were barriers : he complained to Frank Tait , ‘ They do n't know the same nursery rhymes as we do ! ’ |