Example sentences of "[adv] really do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our black-and-white picture does not really do justice to its chameleon-like metallic paintwork , which seems to appear as green , silver or blue according to the light . |
| 2 | Many think that in spite of strenuous efforts by Mill , utilitarianism can not really do justice to the concept of justice . |
| 3 | Even Hegel , who apparently extends the notion of autonomy to the private domain does not really do so . |
| 4 | I 'm pessimistic because I believe that if the council is to tackle what I still believe to be a big problem of the local authority then it can not really do so without the support of the largest party on this authority and if we have heard erm an honest assessment of their perception of of the case , I I really I really do despair that this council will will get to the bottom of the problem . |
| 5 | ‘ We ca n't really do much , then ? ’ |
| 6 | When Kitty said ‘ Oh , she wo n't really do that , ’ in an exasperated voice , it only added to his mystification . |
| 7 | He looked like a film star — the picture does n't really do him justice . |
| 8 | Co-striker Alan Shearer added : ‘ We ca n't really do without him — he 's irreplaceable . |
| 9 | So I did something you should n't really do after a bird has completed a successful free flight : I put her back on the creance . |
| 10 | You ca n't really do it really . |
| 11 | We did n't really do anything with it and certainly did n't get much coverage . |
| 12 | The girl reporter said this would n't really do . |
| 13 | As I have pointed out already , desktop publishing software does n't really do very much on its own , it requires the output from a number of other packages ; word processors , graphics programs , data bases and spreadsheets , to produce the raw information which can then be manipulated into a final form . |
| 14 | It 's a trick you fall back on if you ca n't really do any original thinking — you devise a new research procedure to ‘ confirm ’ an already established theory . |
| 15 | She says they , she said they would n't really do anything with that unless |
| 16 | So I mean erm I was going to say put money on the Grand National , but you ca n't really do that can you ? |
| 17 | You ca n't really do that though |
| 18 | Well I , I ca n't really do much about that tonight but if , if you can leave that with me , what I 'll do is I 'll have a word with er |
| 19 | And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all . |
| 20 | He did n't really do it justice , did he ? |
| 21 | It 's your own fault for complicating things , she thought later , sitting on the bench in one of Hugh 's jackets , huddled like a Michelin man , hoping the long jersey hid the fact that her jeans would n't really do up any more . |
| 22 | A : They are complementary in the sense that you could n't really do an inspection without some documentation . |
| 23 | In fact they could n't really do their job without the motorcycles . |
| 24 | Erm , the difficulty is that you ca n't really do that in work situations . |
| 25 | But you could n't really do very much . |
| 26 | Cos she ca n't really do anything if she says no . |
| 27 | You did n't really do that , that drawing did you ? |
| 28 | And erm , I tried them on , well I , I bought , I mean I bought them and brought them home and a sort of cropped , cropped leggings they did n't really do anything for me . |
| 29 | The hot weather it does n't , they do n't really do mashed potatoes and |
| 30 | Yeah because the other thing is that although erm you might have all these sort of high flying ideas about what you wan na do and you do n't actually feel tied down by a relationship , actually you do live your life thinking well ca n't really do that because I wan na be with him . |