Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [not/n't] really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HIS great courage and imperturbable COOLNESS in the face of what must at times have seemed to him to be insuperable odds WAS , I must confess — although I do not really like him — quite UNBELIEVABLE . |
| 2 | Well that 's excellent of your compliments , although I do n't really know at the time , so |
| 3 | It seemed a strange request , and although I did not really feel like accepting , he politely insisted . |
| 4 | The journey was long but pleasant , although I did not really enjoy the last leg from Kuala Lumpur to Perth . |
| 5 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 6 | I have completed one year 's retirement although I did n't really retire ! |
| 7 | But to me there 's such a fine line between music forms like Cuban , latin , reggae and jazz that I do n't really separate anything . ’ |
| 8 | Right , erm that 's something that I do n't really think I should erm reply to even though we are aware of the situation and are taking steps to identify the problem and put a stop to it . |
| 9 | But other than that I do n't really give a shit . ’ |
| 10 | I have to own up and say that I do n't really like applications wanting to be installed into the Windows directory , but because of the way Windows handles wallpaper bitmaps , there 's little option here — the lot has to go there . |
| 11 | That 's the only thing about that house that I do n't really like , that 's , the |
| 12 | Now that things have settled down , I 'm discovering that I do n't really know my husband at all . |
| 13 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 14 | It wo n't be altogether a lie , I feel a responsibility towards him that I do n't really understand . |
| 15 | circulate paper from erm a new motion in terms of the environment motions erm defers more than that I do n't really say |
| 16 | THIS is such a delicious offering , of the kind that makes you chuckle in recollection on the way home , that I do not really want to give the game away by saying too much about what goes on . |
| 17 | And I felt that I did n't really want to do this at a time when I was still floundering about and not having very disciplined classes and so on . |
| 18 | To say I did n't have time would not be true , but that I did n't really want to make time . |
| 19 | I actually wanted to that I did n't really want to go as far as for example deciding that the chair what they are voting would be within the resources available to the . |
| 20 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 21 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 22 | I told Harry that I did n't really see how this could be resolved in your absence so we should just leave until you return from holiday . |
| 23 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |
| 24 | Well when Margaret suggested er doing a project on French polishing , I had to admit that I did n't really know what French polishing was . |
| 25 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 26 | He knew that I did not really like a quiet life . |
| 27 | The cheques were in his name so I did n't really have a lot of say in it . |
| 28 | But I ca n't imagine being without her , so I do n't really regret it . " |
| 29 | I was only four when he went away so I do n't really remember him . |
| 30 | I was a bit flustered at the time so I do n't really know what he said . |