Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not really [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy 's a real mate he just kept saying straight heads er for all the times when I might have said oh , I could n't really talk to some people last night and he 'd say what you mean straight heads ? he 's right . |
| 2 | I would n't really talk to them anyway , but sometimes you needed to talk to somebody , or to sort something out . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't really afford to , but what the hell ! ’ |
| 4 | I think the problem with a clear remit I ca n't really come to terms with that , precisely , competitive . |
| 5 | I shall not really want to . |
| 6 | Still , if you knew the pressure on beds here during the Festival you would be glad not to be in a tent in the gardens — often the fate of the young I do not , however , anticipate being away , as I can not really afford to be ( either literally £££ ) or away from job search which gets daily more depressing . |
| 7 | I can not really add to the answer that I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham , Erdington ( Mr. Corbett ) . |
| 8 | Godfrey Carey , for the prosecution , told the jury that the young woman had ‘ only taken a lift from someone in whose hands you could not really expect to be more safe — an officer in uniform ’ . |
| 9 | On the other hand , T. Rex might have looked really good but everything else about them was so naïve and teenybopperish that you could n't really admit to your mates that you liked them . |
| 10 | You ca n't really dance to it but you can stomp to it . |
| 11 | this to a and you 're totally in charge of it you wo n't really get to grips and get . |
| 12 | or saying we could n't really take to their child , |
| 13 | I suppose my point is that if things are to get better ( or should I say keep getting better ) then we ca n't really look to the likes of Mel to come back . |
| 14 | But , if they give up , they ca n't really contribute to the better quality of society . |