Example sentences of "not just [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We can not just do nothing |
| 3 | We can not just do nothing , when it takes so little of our time to make our voice heard . |
| 4 | 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 ? " |
| 5 | Well , I might not just want it there . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Irish League can not just wash their hands of the matter , as Morton McKnight seems to have done . |
| 11 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
| 12 | He does not just open his eyes and look and there it is . |
| 13 | Do not just give yourself the whole week off . |
| 14 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 15 | When we need to forgive someone else we know we can not just forget it right away , but we can certainly say it is not on file against them any more . |
| 16 | So I can you not just stick it out till I ring Brian ? |
| 17 | Ask yourself if your belief is founded on sufficient data — do not just accept it . |
| 18 | Totem and Taboo does not just help our understanding of totemism . |
| 19 | One can not just dig it out of language as I thought once . ’ |
| 20 | Well Terry confirmed that to me yesterday cos I asked the question could we not just run it |
| 21 | Pub customers do not just buy their beer . |
| 22 | But whatever we call it , this sense that words do not just have their face-value meaning , but are to be critically interpreted as indicators of tone and attitude , is an essential part of James 's technique . |
| 23 | ‘ Why can it not just say we 've landed ? ’ |
| 24 | A monster eating a child does not just gnaw its head , but holds its wrists to stop it wriggling . |
| 25 | When you go to pony club the teachers do not just test you on Dressage , cross country and show jumping they show you how to care for your horse and how to understand them . |
| 26 | These reflected a growing interest in church growth and a desire to find a way to grow the church which did not just find its expression in building bigger buildings . |
| 27 | ‘ He can not just divorce you for no reason . ’ |
| 28 | But Coventry do not just see themselves as killjoys . |
| 29 | could we not just circulate them ? |
| 30 | Abraham does not just risk his life in this campaign . |