Example sentences of "n't really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , as you say , I was n't in the Cabinet so I ca n't really speak with any authority at all about how he conducted affairs there . |
| 2 | ‘ At the end we were at her bedside and she could n't really speak — she was slipping in and out of coma — but she was able to squeeze my hand . |
| 3 | ‘ There were tears in his eyes and he could n't really speak . |
| 4 | Er yes I , I er I think I , I could n't really speak definitely on this but er you I have said that we , you know that this secretary encouraged them because you know , to keep it in and even the one woman said this was how she got a deposit for her house and through , as I say , you 'd got a Co-op building society as well . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't really speak for her , but I would imagine she 's enjoying it . ’ |
| 6 | So I ca n't really speak |
| 7 | But at the end of 1990 the group was reorganised and Mr Wise was less happy with the outcome : ‘ I found the general direction in which the group was going did n't really satisfy me in terms of long-term interests or challenge , so I decided to bite the bullet . ’ |
| 8 | When I came aboard they did n't have a lead amp line as such ; they were famous for their bass amps , obviously , but their lead amp line was just there , no real profile , and the consumer did n't really realise that they had anything other than bass amps . |
| 9 | You do n't really realise how precious time is until it starts running out . ’ |
| 10 | see , so I ca n't really cash any more , you know ? |
| 11 | It 's a good way to do it to if you think , Oh I ca n't really handle this going on here , put all your noughts on and then you can work out what they come to . |
| 12 | I ca n't really handle rum , that 's why I did n't drink any last night . |
| 13 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 14 | ‘ They do n't really check on you very closely . |
| 15 | Most people think of artists as having to work totally alone , but I like to have someone there who does n't really disrupt what I 'm doing . |
| 16 | Most people think of artists as having to work totally alone , but I like to have someone there who does n't really disrupt what I 'm doing . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't really grieve for my grandma . |
| 18 | Yeah , you ca n't really defer your pension you have to take it when you retire , do n't you ? |
| 19 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't really want people to see you . ’ |
| 21 | She was used to seeing him in pyjamas by now ; also , by now , she quite understood why he would n't really want people to see him . |
| 22 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 23 | I did n't really want to marry her or nothing , but I thought , you know , that we was friends like . |
| 24 | He said it would be a mistake , ‘ a mistake in sentiment ; for it could only mean that we were embalming the corpse of something that is n't really dead and need n't die at all — an aesthetic mistake — because we do n't really want to have the taste of our schooldays established as a boundary for our whole lives ’ . |
| 25 | But John Drake does n't really want to talk about rare plants . |
| 26 | He said , ‘ What can I do for you ? ’ and I said ‘ I did n't really want to get out of anything ; I 'm OK . ’ |
| 27 | He did n't really want outsiders to know why he was there . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't really want to imagine what they were like but I know it 's not an intense thing for him to do like Platoon was . |
| 29 | Even if the work has piled up a bit , you would n't really want to chicken out , would you ? |
| 30 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |