Example sentences of "do just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since merely knowing the brain state does not reveal what the experience is like , and since what the experience is like , if it is a reality at all ( which Tye does not dispute ) , must be a fact about the experience ( or a feature or aspect of the experience , which will do just as well ) , it follows that the experience is not a brain state . |
| 2 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 3 | But Marx , in an equally tough voice , merely said , ‘ O.K. Let's do just that , ’ put his hand in his breast pocket , slowly pulled out a horribly official-looking envelope , and slowly and carefully took from that an even more horribly official-looking form , folded once , in what to Herr Nordern seemed an indescribably sinister manner from top to bottom instead of side to side . |
| 4 | Indeed McLeish reflected , that encapsulated the trouble with Tristram — everything that he could do , Perry , two years his senior , could apparently do just that bit better . |
| 5 | I believed we should do just that . |
| 6 | Probably the clue to the most plausible explanation — and the one put forward by the man most likely to know , his jockey Dick Francis — lies in the fact that just before he slid to the ground Devon Loch pricked his ears , in the way that a horse might do just before jumping a fence — or on suddenly hearing an unfamiliar noise . |
| 7 | He has come to discuss things with me on many occasions and I am always asking him to come and do just one concert with the orchestra . |
| 8 | A lock would do just fine . |
| 9 | That will do just as well . |
| 10 | That is why Rugby Union nowadays would probably do just as well if the game built a system of scouting such as Rugby League has had for 100 years . |
| 11 | The More shoot let me do just that . |
| 12 | ‘ I must do just a few more menial things before I go to bed ’ or , more oddly , ‘ I was nearly run over on my menial way this morning . ’ |
| 13 | We can not do just as we like because we are limited , or constrained , by ( i ) the amount of money , or capital , we have ; ( ii ) the inventions , or technology , available ; ( iii ) the space , or land , available ; ( iv ) the resources , such as fuel or timber , or existing roads and buildings ; ( v ) the desires of other human beings which may conflict with ours . |
| 14 | I should think that a piece of string would do just as well . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll do just that , ’ the man said . |
| 16 | I 'm going to hold that arm for you and when I tell you to stand up , you will do just that , slowly . |
| 17 | This month sees the start of a new series to help you do just that . |
| 18 | We do some in-house , and we 've also got an outside researcher called Norman Pickering who has a home laboratory where he can do just about anything … |
| 19 | We are all aware of the damage that can be done by threatening to ‘ call a policeman ’ or ‘ fetch the bogeyman ’ , but many more casual phrases — never intended as a threat — can do just as much harm . |
| 20 | The aim is to minimise tissue damage and further movement could do just the opposite ! |
| 21 | And now I sha n't need you again this evening , so apart from looking in on Anna from time to time , you may do just as you please . ’ |
| 22 | But it will not do just to dismiss the evidence of their experience out of hand . |
| 23 | So I was put in a total quandary when my partners asked me to go out and do just that , ’ she says . |
| 24 | He can not do just as he pleases . |
| 25 | I 'd do just as well , I promise you ! ’ |
| 26 | Surely heavy plastic bags would do just as well ? ’ |
| 27 | The leisurely lunch is over and you can now stretch out and do just as you please . |
| 28 | In Scotland , where there is a shortage of imported heroin , people abuse pharmaceutical drugs that can do just as much damage . |
| 29 | Today we 're offering 100 prizes of £50 to help you do just that . |
| 30 | Before each show is recorded , the warm-up man will go out and do just that — ‘ warm up ’ the audience . |