Example sentences of "not just [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such knowledge would be useful not just to enable us to forecast when the revolution might happen , but also in helping us to know how to make choices between different versions of a particular technology , and how to organise work to operate that technology . |
| 2 | Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Not just taking me for a ride ? ’ |
| 5 | He accomplished the most difficult of all sporting tasks : not just taking his team to the top but keeping it there . |
| 6 | We can not just do nothing |
| 7 | We can not just do nothing , when it takes so little of our time to make our voice heard . |
| 8 | Since different measurements on A produce incompatible consequences for B , the act of measurement must induce a new state for B , not just reveal its previously existing state . |
| 9 | But who could get this far and not just push it a little bit ? |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , we have to make sure they are not just using us for cannon fodder , ’ she says . |
| 11 | If Theo was worried about marriage settlements in the event of death " why do you not just knife your wife and have done with it ? " |
| 12 | By knowing whether a company is at risk or not and the degree of risk , the credit manager is in a better position to use his professional judgement and experience creatively to manage the risk , not just avoid it . |
| 13 | Some theorists feel that the : is too imprecise and there is a need to state the nature of a relationship , not just to signal its existence . |
| 14 | We are not just sharing our furniture , we are jointly building a new and bigger house . ’ |
| 15 | Why not just ask him ? she wondered as she stepped over the outstretched leg of Polly Inferno , aka Amanda Stern from Lanarkshire , who was using the corridor space for some warmup exercises and somehow , at the same time , studying a book . |
| 16 | Does your wife do that or does somebody else do that , why not just ask me the question who does the gardening |
| 17 | Well , I might not just want it there . |
| 18 | It must be remembered that you do not just want someone whose opinion is going to carry weight but someone who is also going to provide persuasive evidence both in their report and at trial . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're not just wasting your time here , I take it ? ’ asks his father . |
| 20 | Moreover , their use of their disparate conceptions does not just lead them to give contradictory answers to common questions such as ‘ Were Athenian slaves a class or nut ? ’ |
| 21 | Being in a position of power , his stupidity does not just affect him , nor just his family , but a whole kingdom , showing the universal not only the domestic significance of the old 's relationship to the young . |
| 22 | But to stay , to lie in his arms and each time know that he was dreaming of another woman , would not just break her heart but shatter it . |
| 23 | Real life was survival , not just getting your taxes done on time . ’ |
| 24 | I think the equipment gets in the way of creativity — photography is an art not a craft , you should MAKE pictures not just take them . ’ |
| 25 | One day , in the dim and distant future , I expect that I shall want to move into different arenas , but I imagine that I shall continue as an NCT member , not just to receive my favourite journal , New Generation but also to carry on contributing to my favourite charity . |
| 26 | Why not just ignore them ? |
| 27 | The secret is to use them to create a striking feature , and not just hide them away in a shady corner of the garden . |
| 28 | The Irish League can not just wash their hands of the matter , as Morton McKnight seems to have done . |
| 29 | One minstrel was supposed to have not just glorified his master but saved his life as well : |
| 30 | I found artefacts dating back a century and felt that it was important not just to preserve them , but to use them in the education of today 's children . ’ |