Example sentences of "she did [not/n't] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 6 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 7 | She did n't just pin them up on her walls , these women , she studied them . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave . |
| 9 | I 'm quite sure that when she said that , come see a man that told me everything I did , she did n't just leave it there , but she 'd have put such words as and he did n't condemn me he did n't berate me he did n't point a judgemental finger at me , but he loved me ! |
| 10 | ‘ How do you know she did n't just let him die , knowing he belonged to me ? ’ |