Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [verb] n't quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th there is erm a study going on to do with something called the British National Corpus which I do n't quite know what that 's about but they they want er samples of the sort of things that lecturers do in lecture theatres . |
| 2 | We have oil in the North Sea which we are just wasting , we have gas which we get from the North Sea which we do n't quite know what to do with it . |
| 3 | Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while . |
| 4 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 5 | Well er to me it does n't quite ring true , it 's always been the boys ' ploughing match and it always will be as far as I 'm concerned but I think this happened at the time post war I ca n't say exactly which year , when the date was changed from easter time to August . |
| 6 | But sometimes when you 're using it it do n't quite work |
| 7 | What I do n't quite understand is what was the legal basis on which they went ahead with this despite the objection , presumably as some of the trustees as to what was being done , I could hear we 're talking of er a deficit of one point seven billion appearing or it a surplus disappearing into a deficit , which is actually four times as much has disappeared out of Maxwell . |
| 8 | ‘ What I do n't quite understand … |
| 9 | Yes , the difference of course is that in two day cricket you ca n't necessarily guarantee a result er and forcing wins was what we did n't quite manage to do , it was er it was a season of what might have been for the County Cricket Club er a very good season but not quite as successful as last year . |
| 10 | Well Richard , we all know what they did n't quite mix . |