Example sentences of "n't just [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't just fail to qualify , it failed to pre-qualify . |
| 2 | We ca n't just go haring off into the city like that . |
| 3 | It wo n't work when you go one nil up , or you 're one nil down , you have to hold something in reserve ; mid-field players have to come back , the forwards have to come back and hold tight , you do n't just go charging up looking to get another goal , or trying to equalize , but that 's the basic error . |
| 4 | He did n't just eat to live that horse , he lived to eat , which was obvious when you saw how fat he was . |
| 5 | We do n't just aim to offer you the lowest possible prices ; we also take great pride in the high standard of service you are given from when you make your booking right through until you arrive home again . |
| 6 | You ca n't just stop loving them because you do n't approve of them . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't just stop loving someone after all that time — unfortunately , ’ she says . |
| 8 | For Rabbit does n't just want to say what 's true : he wants to make Pooh believe it . |
| 9 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 10 | But we do n't just want to scratch about . |
| 11 | Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’ |
| 12 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 13 | Erm , women do n't just want to write about knitting , erm |
| 14 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . |
| 16 | Guy Sterne did n't just avoid seeing his family , he did n't like talking about them either . |
| 17 | That does n't just mean using a cash register , giving the correct change and adding up prices , although of course these are important . |
| 18 | It is a big job , it does n't just mean changing the colour of your stock , er , and it 's difficult to think of erm , er , Alan wearing the purple so to say , but erm , I 'm sure he , I went to his consecration in York about two months ago , it was a very moving and er , enjoyable occasion and he 's erm , er , now entered upon that inheritance . |
| 19 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 20 | I do n't just mean decentralizing the housing by having it in area offices . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't just 've thrown it all in a bin ! ’ |
| 22 | Actors do n't just exist to please themselves , to have a good time , to act as they choose , either well or badly . |
| 23 | You 've got 1,800 people in a theatre you ca n't just let go to your grief , you learn to cut yourself off . |
| 24 | Ex-Switchboard volunteers did n't just help to found Lesbian Line . |
| 25 | ‘ SHe ca n't just have gone ! ’ she shouted in a deep , masculine voice , in response to her officers , discovery that no one had seen Crevecoeur since late afternoon , and certainly not in the act of leaving the building . |
| 26 | Now , you do n't just have to watch other people 's lives on TV — you can watch your own . |
| 27 | You do n't just have to listen to stories . |
| 28 | He was filmed prancing round the forecourt like a wayward member of a modern dance troupe ; the witnesses in the passing cars would n't just have noticed his approach , they would probably have pulled up to watch , so bizarre and entertaining were his surreptitious motions . |
| 29 | Vincent would n't just have sat in cafes all day . |
| 30 | ‘ Though why you could n't just have told me … ’ |