Example sentences of "[noun] really [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until a few years later that I think his talent really started to manifest itself because you could n't quite think where it was going . |
| 2 | My bathing costume was going to roll down and reveal what breast stroke really meant . |
| 3 | Will the nominees really know more about local policing and more about their areas than the people from local authorities already do ? |
| 4 | SO ACT TODAY , and MAKE YOUR INVESTMENT REALLY PAY . |
| 5 | Equally , the key word in Robyn 's deconstruction of what Silk Cut really means is one which could not be spoken on television . |
| 6 | This cut really makes the most of thick hair By Day & Night |
| 7 | Neither programme really effected any change in the course of events , but they did build a sense of trust in those who might one day use us to bear public witness against the Godfathers of terrorism . |
| 8 | … his father understood the way kids really felt about things … |
| 9 | And surely this is not conducive to kids really studying ? |
| 10 | ‘ Lots of the smaller kids really look up to you . |
| 11 | Secondly , to tell you what Beatrix really sent me . |
| 12 | People say : ‘ Students are by definition idealistic and impatient — would Mugabe really want them to be any different ? |
| 13 | Firm action over Dubrovnik might impress both sides that European powers or the United Nations really meant business . |
| 14 | the list of scorers posted by fellow scand. white Carl Erik really show our problems — with wallace and speed injured — who is gon na score those goals — deano is ( once again ) out of it — he 's only got 6 goals in 26 matches and that 's — bad — for a striker . |
| 15 | Practice really does make perfect , so encourage her to play with dressing-up clothes and let her dress up dolls and teddy bears ( this is equally important for boys , too ! ) . |
| 16 | So if Steve Boxer really wants to get rid of his Epson , I 'd be more than happy to swap it for my even more useless paperweight . |
| 17 | What the Monster really wants , its ultimate objective , is to take for itself everything that is mine — I mean everything . |
| 18 | The problem with this is that although all that shows in column C is a time , the cell really contains the whole date serial number and this will mess up the arithmetic discussed later ( see Step 8 ) to calculate duration . |
| 19 | she makes me laugh , she stands there talking and she 's saying , one minute she 's saying oh Steven really loves school , he really enjoys it , he 's really calmed down since he 's gone to school Steven stop running down that corridor . |
| 20 | There 's re the tension really has |
| 21 | In view of the interviewer 's role in the discourse , it is not clear how far or how reliably such an extended interview really does resemble spontaneous conversation ; but Labov 's schema is likely to be less demanding of the fieldworker , more economical of time and resources , and so not subject to the same range of disadvantages as the participant observation methods of the Belfast community studies . |
| 22 | ‘ A three piece really boils it down to the core , ’ muses Bob . |
| 23 | It was the sort of day when men run their fingers round their collars and women pull their skirts away from their thighs , and people debate whether a hot cup of tea really cools you down or whether a glass of cold water is more helpful . |
| 24 | ‘ Fans on the South Terrace really gave players flak in the old days . |
| 25 | And I think that would take the issue out of the sort of Party dogfight , and let the electorate really decide , and what is after all one of the most important issues facing a democracy . |
| 26 | So the therapy really consists in spoiling the patient , while ostensibly meeting the demands of the spirit as revealed to the expert therapist . |
| 27 | A good agent really understands the route a band has to take and must have a great relationship with his or her promoters to persuade them to believe in an artist . |
| 28 | At the confirmation stage the agent really has very little function because the necessary steps are taken by the Secretary of State . |
| 29 | Koch , who puts much store by his team 's massive technology programme , admits that ‘ Dennis really handles these flukey San Diego conditions well ’ . |
| 30 | Or at least they start , both books really start with the same issue , and the issue in question is in many ways , well , you could argue that it was in many ways fundamental to the social sciences . |