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 .
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