Example sentences of "they just do " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
| 2 | ’ But why do n't they just do that ? ’ |
| 3 | Are they just doing it quickly as a one off ? |
| 4 | It appeared piecemeal because — despite the takings of a Saturday — they just did n't have the finance to cover that kind of operation . |
| 5 | Believing that people were always like we are , they just did n't understand themselves as well as we do , leads to dangerous historical inaccuracies . |
| 6 | An officer said : ‘ It may be that they just did n't act quickly enough for him . ’ |
| 7 | Limited — not because they did n't want to care , they just did n't know how to care for this type of patient … . |
| 8 | There was nothing wrong with them — they just did n't suit my feet . |
| 9 | They just did n't seem very exciting . |
| 10 | I think , in the end , they just did n't hit it off . |
| 11 | They just did enough to win 6–4 at lowly Ash ‘ B ’ , with George Startup , Simon Peters and Jackie Rice all getting two , but losing to Peter Palmer . |
| 12 | No doubt you are among the many who have tried every diet around only to find that they just did n't work . |
| 13 | A Newcastle police spokeswoman said : ‘ The fact they dumped the baby may mean they just did n't look in the back until it was too late . |
| 14 | They probably did n't want to hurt us , they just did n't understand what we were . |
| 15 | ‘ They just did not get lost , ’ said Pion . |
| 16 | I think you find it with most West Indian parents … it was n't so much lack of enthusiasm , they just did n't have the time . |
| 17 | In East German they are now drowning in rubbish because they used to have a perfect recycling scheme everything was collected and recycled cos they just did n't have the materials . |
| 18 | They just did n't ask the people what they wanted . |
| 19 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |
| 20 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 21 | He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care . |
| 22 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 23 | There were never any dramatic confrontations ; they just did n't have anything to do with each other . ’ |
| 24 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 25 | Er you , you s a lot of them people did apply but er they just did n't you know they did n't get in . |
| 26 | Or maybe they just did n't have architects within three miles of the sea . |
| 27 | ‘ I say they just did n't notice me , ’ Darius says . |
| 28 | They just did not matter . |
| 29 | You can imagine that some drivers er went the wrong way , and it was just that they , they just did n't concentrate on the run but nowadays they seem to run all over the town . |
| 30 | Even though objectively , he had all the strength on his side , and if he 'd only stubbornly insisted , the allies would have had to accept the fourteen points , because there was no way that they just did n't have any erm , any clout really when when finally settled in peace . |