Example sentences of "they [verb] n't just " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't just acknowledge gracefully that they 'd been beaten , or perhaps even that they had been wrong , and welcome their Reporter back . |
| 2 | Mary did n't get hit , but she is adamant that her father threw the tray of cups and saucers to the floor and they did n't just fall . |
| 3 | ‘ They did n't just outplay us a bit — it was a lot . |
| 4 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 5 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 6 | They did n't just have knowledge . |
| 7 | You were there for four years and the they , they did n't just , if you were n't in by ten and you did n't get your proper night 's sleep then you would n't be any good on the wards the next morning . |
| 8 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 9 | THEY did n't just call it ‘ The Pink ’ back in the old days . |
| 10 | She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . |
| 11 | They did n't just go in twenty three years ago as somebody suggested . |
| 12 | They did n't just say you know , er er er |
| 13 | Within days of moving up he assumed a Farmer Giles accent , extra-shapeless trousers ( nothing is so sexless as an Englishman 's trousers ) , broken boots ( ‘ They do n't just let water in , they suck it in , ’ he said proudly ) , and most important , a bucket hat , of which he had a whole series . |
| 14 | They do n't just touch something and it just works . |
| 15 | They do n't just put plaster casts on your legs for the fun of it . ’ |
| 16 | But they do n't just flower for the fortnight you spent in Sarajevo : English roses fill the air with fragrance for month after month . |
| 17 | They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children . |
| 18 | They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 20 | They do n't just prove that it 's dangerous to fly , ski , skateboard or dress up as a Mutant Hero Ninja Turtle and try to act tough on the Northern Line late on a Saturday night . |
| 21 | Well I think it gives them a link with the church , erm and they do n't just come in and say oh yes , turn up on Saturday and you 'll get married , there 's some meeting before that |
| 22 | Out here they do n't just send a polite cube over to your bank manager to cancel your pay . |
| 23 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know why , if they do n't want people to come here , ’ said Betty fretfully , ‘ they do n't just put up notices all along the border describing the weather conditions . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They do learn they do n't just float around the room being trees . ’ |
| 26 | Erm if they 're going to charge you for your water by how much you use , they do n't just charge you twenty when you 've got your hose running . |
| 27 | And they do n't just fade away , they stay with you . |
| 28 | back to dogs that in North Korea you know they do n't just last till Christmas unclear |
| 29 | Okay cats tend to land on their feet but they also tend to take injuries like erm severe pancreatic injuries if they land from high things , so they do n't just |
| 30 | They do n't just bend the truth , they simply reverse it . |