Example sentences of "he could not just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 2 | He could n't just leave it like that . |
| 3 | But she heard herself saying , still in shrewish style , that on the contrary there was n't any time in the morning , that she had to go to a psychoanalytical conference in the Metropole Hotel with a bunch of Japanese in the morning , that she wanted to talk now , that he could n't just announce that he wanted to get divorced and then decide he was too tired to talk about it . |
| 4 | But he could n't just leave her at the station . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't worry about me , ’ he 'd said , but then he could n't just leave it at that and so he 'd added , ‘ Will you be all right ? ’ |
| 6 | He might kill me , but he could n't just let me die . |
| 7 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 8 | He could n't just sit here and do nothing . |