Example sentences of "and [adv] just [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We three travelled up in the lift of the Hotel Vancouver together and perhaps just to make conversation I mentioned my trip to the Haida reservation and my feelings about the neglect of our Indians . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's part of the adventure , ’ Carrie 's mother had said , and not just to cheer them up : it was her nature to look on the bright side . |
| 3 | Well she 's erm j erm She 's made a right judgement about erm to help people and not just to sit there watching telly or something . |
| 4 | She wanted desperately to start a family — and not just to silence the constant enquiries of well-meaning friends and relatives . |
| 5 | And not just to take the phetam , either — not now . |
| 6 | Policies should aim to create and improve accessible landscapes , and not just to preserve all land around cities , irrespective of quality . |
| 7 | The BMA has already pinpointed cycling as a way of reducing Heart Disease and cancer , so we clearly have grounds for promoting better facilities for cycling for health reasons and not just to reduce accidents . |
| 8 | In fact , since you buy a computer to solve problems , and not just to look good on a desk , the software available might be more important to you than the particular machine bought . |
| 9 | This arises from strong and ongoing security and safety needs , and not just to fulfil certain biological needs such as food and sex , as others , such as Lorenz , have suggested . |
| 10 | These are strategic alternatives which would capitalize on George and Marie 's strengths and minimize their weaknesses : it is the business of a case study answer to identify these alternatives and not just to assume that the proprietors have to go on as they started . |
| 11 | I just wanted to s erm congratulate er whoever it was and put together the curriculum er programme which secured the three quarters of a million pound for all those which will I , I think I can understand extremely competitive and I would like to erm give credit to there because that will be enormously for the business which will give proper jobs er which is er very useful to the environment and , and , and really just to record erm that , that particular er success . |
| 12 | And now just to spend the rest of the lecture elaborating on what I just said . |
| 13 | So , I mean what I 'm saying is that I think we should have a league table if you like of , of attendances , I , I recognise that that may not be popular , but I think it 's going to be one way of sorting out those people who attend every opportunity , and sometimes just to pat an officer on the back . |
| 14 | And afterwards he said if I 'd do it now and again just to keep the others on their toes , he 'd make up my wages . ’ |
| 15 | maybe once a month at that you know , and occasionally just to catch , to see if the trains were properly cleaned you see . |