Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't just [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One could n't just get a campaign up and running overnight — although the recession bit both ways , so at least there would be space available in the media for short-term bookings .
2 It is i i I I we have a wide range of changes that would flow out from that so you could n't just take a change to Cornwall which would then create an oversized Devon seat , I quite accept that and we 've argued from the first that this would have to be part of the review as a whole .
3 He would n't just kill the guy until he was sure of his next move .
4 You ca n't just ignore the fact that people have been cured — all right , I agree , they are unorthodox methods .
5 " You ca n't just threaten a man like that , " the ex-soldier said .
6 ‘ You ca n't just make a performance of everything you have seen .
7 I mean Forest are pulling everybody behind the ball and you know they ca n't just sling the ball through .
8 ‘ You ca n't just rent a villa or a flat overlooking the Med and install yourself for a peppercorn rent like people used to .
9 So we ca n't just realise the asset , dash out and build a house through a housing association because we have this crucial land problem .
10 ’ We ca n't just deliver the phetam now we know it 's stolen .
11 ‘ At the same time , you ca n't just give a heap of numbers .
12 It 's quite obvious as regards the longer-term that we must think in terms of today 's starting point , we ca n't just introduce the market and cease all state regulation .
13 But I ca n't just play the pawn any more .
14 ‘ You ca n't just dig a hole and bury them .
15 I ca n't just exorcize a person because he tells a lie . "
16 So erm and I , I ca n't just take a flexi-day because I 'm already , I 've already got leave to use .
17 And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago .
18 People do sit down to discuss and pool ideas , but in mainstream broadcasting boundaries are more rigid between technical and conceptual areas and she misses the opportunity to use her technical skills : ‘ If you see a shot that you really like you ca n't just grab the camera and say , ‘ Oh , can I have a go . ’
19 I ca n't just let a human take over .
20 Er and when nobody is there I ca n't just put a tape machine on the desk and leave it running !
21 You ca n't just put a speed hump down everywhere .
22 We wo n't just sell a portable to anybody .
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