Example sentences of "just [conj] we [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sign of our having grown up is not just that we would n't listen to a Top Twenty single even if by any chance we could , but that we organize life so that we will never have to listen , by chance , to a Top Twenty single . |
| 2 | And just cos we could n't do some questions on the paper she says , Oh you 're not good enough then you should 've learnt it better . |
| 3 | Granted all that richness and diversity , to talk of language as screen may well seem simply perverse , even ungrateful , but just as we ca n't attend to the patterning without also seeing the patterns , the scenes , so the whole virtuoso performance is counterpointed by a performance of a different kind , the intricately woven language screen . |
| 4 | As regards restoration , just as we would not dream of stripping out the original interior of the Blackfriar , by the same token we would not seek to preserve a Thirties estate pub which had long since ceased to address the needs of the community it was built to serve . |
| 5 | Your parents will not be abandoned by us , Mr Holly , just as we will not abandon the stance that you were completely innocent of trumped-up charges . |
| 6 | The distinction , though convenient for us at the moment , is not absolute , and just as we can not communicate with only the rules of semantics and grammar , so we just as surely can not communicate very well without them . |
| 7 | Just as we should not expect too much from those West German areas that have simply erected speed restriction signs without reinforcing the message with physical infrastructure , so design changes alone , though better than legal changes alone , are still inadequate . |
| 8 | And then just when we might not stop , oh my love , my virgin forest and me your virgin explorer , it is time , just like that , to stop . |