Example sentences of "they just [vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They just said not to worry . |
| 2 | Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . |
| 3 | When responsible citizens or policemen came rushing out into the road to grab at it and avert a disaster , Uncle Titch would leap up from behind his seat and pretend they just had n't noticed him . |
| 4 | They just had n't the stomach to tell you so themselves . |
| 5 | ‘ They just did not get lost , ’ said Pion . |
| 6 | They just did not matter . |
| 7 | A lot of parents were refusing to sign she said , ‘ because they admitted they just did not understand the new selection procedure . |
| 8 | Before going he had told us that firstly , all his carp had been caught on sweetcorn and bread and although fishing with boilies on one rod all week he had been able to get a take , in his words they just did not seem to eat them ; secondly , although there were plenty of carp on the surface they did not seem the least bit interested in floaters , and thirdly he was at a loss to know what one needed to do to put a cat on the bank . |
| 9 | It appeared piecemeal because — despite the takings of a Saturday — they just did n't have the finance to cover that kind of operation . |
| 10 | Believing that people were always like we are , they just did n't understand themselves as well as we do , leads to dangerous historical inaccuracies . |
| 11 | An officer said : ‘ It may be that they just did n't act quickly enough for him . ’ |
| 12 | Limited — not because they did n't want to care , they just did n't know how to care for this type of patient … . |
| 13 | There was nothing wrong with them — they just did n't suit my feet . |
| 14 | They just did n't seem very exciting . |
| 15 | I think , in the end , they just did n't hit it off . |
| 16 | No doubt you are among the many who have tried every diet around only to find that they just did n't work . |
| 17 | A Newcastle police spokeswoman said : ‘ The fact they dumped the baby may mean they just did n't look in the back until it was too late . |
| 18 | They probably did n't want to hurt us , they just did n't understand what we were . |
| 19 | I think you find it with most West Indian parents … it was n't so much lack of enthusiasm , they just did n't have the time . |
| 20 | In East German they are now drowning in rubbish because they used to have a perfect recycling scheme everything was collected and recycled cos they just did n't have the materials . |
| 21 | They just did n't ask the people what they wanted . |
| 22 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |
| 23 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 24 | He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care . |
| 25 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 26 | There were never any dramatic confrontations ; they just did n't have anything to do with each other . ’ |
| 27 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 28 | Er you , you s a lot of them people did apply but er they just did n't you know they did n't get in . |
| 29 | Or maybe they just did n't have architects within three miles of the sea . |
| 30 | ‘ I say they just did n't notice me , ’ Darius says . |