Example sentences of "just [conj] we do " in BNC.
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| 1 | She burst into tears and said she had not meant to criticize me ; it was just that we did n't love her , nobody did , and she had only her ‘ things ’ to care for now . |
| 2 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 3 | Perhaps it 's just that we do n't have enough of those long , thin granite cracks . |
| 4 | It 's just that we do n't do it grammatically . |
| 5 | It is just that we do treat them as propositions which need no justification but which can justify others . |
| 6 | It 's just that we do n't want anything to ruffle the Khedive 's hair just when the negotiations are approaching a delicate stage . ’ |
| 7 | They might have been done , it 's just that we do n't know . |
| 8 | I do n't Albert do n't mind going for her cigs , but it 's just that we do n't get up early in the morning , you know , and if me mum 's ringing at eight o'clock in the morning , 'cos she got no cigs . |
| 9 | Yeah , we can always get hold of them it 's just that we do n't carry them , we 're a small branch you see |
| 10 | It 's just that we do rather more sophisticated versions sometimes of very similar things which are done at school , but they might be done more precisely , simply in a rather more sophisticated way . |
| 11 | We just cos we do n't ins , it 's only a piece of paper to us , you see . |
| 12 | Just because we do n't always understand why does n't mean there is n't a reason behind what He does . |
| 13 | Surely we do n't want to rule out in advance the possibility that some moral beliefs , say , are justified , doing so just because we do n't want to admit the existence of moral facts ( if we do n't ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Just because we do n't faint or react the way you want does n't mean we have n't taken in everything you have said . ’ |
| 15 | Right so maybe , before we go any farther , with this er if we just , just before we do that . |
| 16 | But within the fields of the subtle tattwas comprising the inner energetic format , matrix or tapestry which makes each creature what it is , each one also possesses subtle perceptive abilities , just as we do . |
| 17 | So it is not only the inward patterning of particular species which makes creatures different , but individual members of a species are different , too , and most species can distinguish fellow members of their kind by sight , sound , smell or other senses and probably by behavioural patterns too , just as we do among our fellow humans . |
| 18 | Many , if not all , birds and animal individuals have distinct voices , just as we do . |
| 19 | I believe that a picture , a work of art , lives and dies just as we do . |
| 20 | Just as we do not know what to do with our bodies when they are alive , disposing of them when they are dead presents greater problems . |
| 21 | We do not ask whether or not an axiom is " true " — just as we do n't ask if the rules of chess are " true " . |
| 22 | It is not possible , therefore , for there to be beings who behave just as we do but lack mental states such as pain . |
| 23 | In actual fact our children have feelings of joy and happiness and sadness just as we do , And they have they have the same emotions as we do . |
| 24 | The Americans do it much better having Thanksgiving to space it out so they only have a month of Christmas though they do seem to let their elections creep back just as we do with football … ’ |
| 25 | Just as we do , walking a bit less |
| 26 | ‘ Coming down the lane just now — yes , she walked from the station — she mistook Upmeadow Farm for this cottage ; just as we did , you remember . |
| 27 | Next , mark the outline of the board onto the film and then lay down the positions of the copper pads to act as a reference , just as we did in the ‘ direct etch ’ method last month . |
| 28 | ‘ But we have been working on a few things , just as we did before the first leg . |
| 29 | We certainly , if you look at the breakdown of our sales er , we only sell about a hundred and fifty er , million pounds worth er , of goods and services in Asia , Pacific erm , we would certainly like to make acquisitions in that area just as we did in North America er , in the seventies and eighties and we have now small Pearson er , office , for instance in Tokyo , it 's quite slow , erm , er , in that area but certainly we 're on the lookout for acquisitions in , in Asia , Pacific . |
| 30 | But in the business of everyday life , in our self-absorption which at times takes over , the request for attention may feel intrusive just when we do not want to be intruded upon . |