Example sentences of "n't just [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
2 | The rider does n't just lean the bike into the corner — he knocks the machine on to its side , pushing heavily on the right handlebar to turn the front wheel to the left and drop the machine to the right . |
3 | Right , the question of will crop up later on , you know if you have n't just seen the paper . |
4 | But when you see it like that you do n't just distort the world , you distort yourself . |
5 | You ca n't just ignore the fact that people have been cured — all right , I agree , they are unorthodox methods . |
6 | In other words , we do n't just discard the suggestion . |
7 | ’ We ca n't just deliver the phetam now we know it 's stolen . |
8 | No , I do n't just near the cabbage . |
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 | I mean Forest are pulling everybody behind the ball and you know they ca n't just sling the ball through . |
11 | I do n't just mean the skin … other things are different … ways , habits , everything ’ . |
12 | And I do n't just mean the belief that you 're trying to communicate . |
13 | I do n't just mean the sort of things that Walsal Council have done of decentralizing Social Services and that sort of thing . |
14 | Do n't just watch the river though because the reed beds behind this point are the haunt of reed bunting and sedge warbler . |
15 | So when you mark somebody 's test paper you do n't just put the name and not the sentence you 've got ta work out one mark out of two whatever . |
16 | They do n't just bend the truth , they simply reverse it . |
17 | But I do n't understand why she has n't just earned the money and gone off somewhere . |
18 | He would n't just kill the guy until he was sure of his next move . |
19 | 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 . ’ |
20 | But I ca n't just play the pawn any more . |
21 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
22 | Do n't just brew the tea just for a moment love , I 've got the pudding to put out . |
23 | Do n't just prolong the issue , do n't pick on us and lock us in a room thinking that when we come out we 're going to be as good as gold , because we 're not . |
24 | I do n't know why they do n't just keep the to- bloody-gether . |
25 | Do n't just see the world , see how it works , do some work yourself . |
26 | Erm I do n't just hate the thought of doing , I just I do n't like colour photographs at all . |
27 | But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress . |
28 | But he did n't just try the handle . |
29 | And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago . |
30 | 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 . |