Example sentences of "[vb mod] not really " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 2 | At the very genesis of all feeling and awareness one thought held sway which should not really have been there at all : that to be grown-up , to be a man , meant losing a great part of me . |
| 3 | As the French were favourites to beat us again I should not really be disappointed by the Cardiff result . |
| 4 | After the very earliest period of relative non-differentiation of functions , in which the ‘ literary ’ or ‘ artistic ’ had not or not fully separated out from the more generally ‘ cultural ’ , there had been this phase of specifically instituted artists , which should not really be described in terms taken from later phases , such as ‘ official recognition ’ or ‘ patronage ’ . |
| 5 | We should not really expect otherwise . |
| 6 | Suppose I must n't really , I 'm reading this morning . |
| 7 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I should n't really haff talked to a stranger like that , ’ she thought , as she hurried back through the wood , ‘ especially a tramp , but if people drop paper about they really ought to be told , because they get other people into trouble . |
| 9 | ‘ Ye see , he 's been sick in bed and he should n't really be drinking . ’ |
| 10 | So I 'd tell people that I should n't really be listening to them , and they 'd get quite upset … |
| 11 | Of course , it was a shame about that incident when she assaulted the headmaster , but he should n't really have laughed at her for being the only child there who does n't take drugs . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I got there on one A-level and kept thinking I should n't really be here . |
| 14 | We both want something we should n't really have . ’ |
| 15 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 16 | This can be difficult if part of you thinks it is wrong and you should n't really be doing it . |
| 17 | Now the fact that you 've rinsed off with water anyway , you should n't really have any of the cleansing medium on the skin . |
| 18 | ‘ I should n't really be coming , ’ said Elizabeth . |
| 19 | We had another one I really liked who should n't really have been passed by the Ministry man because his horns were too long . |
| 20 | So even when we buy Traidcraft , unless it is cheaper than it was ten years ago , it should n't really be , should it ? |
| 21 | So I think you 've got to look at this as er saying well , if you get external advice , at least you 're covered and er I mean er if a , if a company 's in difficulties , we perhaps would know before you would , erm that erm you know that we should n't really be investing with them . |
| 22 | You see in theory you should n't really get pe premenstrual problems on the pill but people do . |
| 23 | ‘ I should n't really be here . |
| 24 | It should n't really affect things er a lot it just makes things slightly more convenient . |
| 25 | ‘ You should n't really be looking at my eyes , ’ she said . |
| 26 | I 'm sure you 're very busy , and I know I should n't really ask you , but we could meet somewhere near your office … ’ |
| 27 | What 's that yellow light on there that should n't really be on should it that one over there look . |
| 28 | Anyway , it 's your$ , it 's no business of mine at all , I should n't really be here . |
| 29 | It should n't really matter , but then good old Victor Meldrew may be around : -{ |
| 30 | Y you 'll see amongst the plans that you 've , you 've got before you , plan number seven actually , should n't really be with these papers because it 's not a proposal for approval , but it does show the extent of the work that 's been done and the key element there is that there are these speed cushions I mentioned earlier on as a possible way forward there , which has been in consultation . |