Example sentences of "not [pron] just [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should n't she just accept that her feelings about her mother 's lifestyle were irrational , stick to her original plan , keep everything on a cool , semi-formal basis , do the job and go home ? |
| 2 | ‘ What I mean is , why ca n't you just admit that it was wonderfully exciting to fuck somebody else ? ’ |
| 3 | Did n't you just know that that was where all this fancy multimedia stuff was leading … |
| 4 | ‘ But did n't you just say that a ship at sea does n't transmit ? ’ |
| 5 | Why to bother so much about the details , you may ask ; could n't we just say that unc and go on considering further examples ? |
| 6 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
| 7 | Yet there 's nothing sordid to it , so why ca n't they just accept that Rosemary made a terrible mistake and married a rotter . |