Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] just [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Commander Blake we should not just offer a stick saying that we we are n't going to help you until we start dismantling your military programme , we should offer carrots too , do you agree ? |
| 2 | Er and so think er not we should not just have a policy for the we should put some money towards it as well . |
| 3 | Enoch Powell derided the bill as an absurdity : you could n't just invent a second chamber . |
| 4 | The heat surge grill thing in the car had broken and you could n't just buy a n individual switch you er had to buy the whole thing and it was |
| 5 | One could n't just get a campaign up and running overnight — although the recession bit both ways , so at least there would be space available in the media for short-term bookings . |
| 6 | It is i i I I we have a wide range of changes that would flow out from that so you could n't just take a change to Cornwall which would then create an oversized Devon seat , I quite accept that and we 've argued from the first that this would have to be part of the review as a whole . |
| 7 | See what see what you can do and perhaps er Jane you could just look into the possibility of erm because if I mean if we were going to do a run of pens we would n't just have a thousand would we ? |
| 8 | " You ca n't just threaten a man like that , " the ex-soldier said . |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't just make a performance of everything you have seen . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't just rent a villa or a flat overlooking the Med and install yourself for a peppercorn rent like people used to . |
| 11 | ‘ At the same time , you ca n't just give a heap of numbers . |
| 12 | ‘ You ca n't just dig a hole and bury them . |
| 13 | I ca n't just exorcize a person because he tells a lie . " |
| 14 | Obviously you ca n't just take a vocal line from some traditional Japanese album and put it straight into a heavy metal song because it 's not going to work ! |
| 15 | So erm and I , I ca n't just take a flexi-day because I 'm already , I 've already got leave to use . |
| 16 | I ca n't just let a human take over . |
| 17 | You ca n't just put a speed hump down everywhere . |
| 18 | Er and when nobody is there I ca n't just put a tape machine on the desk and leave it running ! |
| 19 | We wo n't just sell a portable to anybody . |