Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] particularly [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not particularly want that , but it was foisted upon them . |
| 2 | This did not particularly matter . |
| 3 | As usual on such occasions , Molyneaux looked a little embarrassed and out of place , as if he did not particularly relish the ‘ glad-handing ’ of strangers . |
| 4 | What caused me concern was , as I say , the slightly uncomfortable feeling that Eliot had been bounced into writing an article which he did not particularly relish doing and to which he would in any case have wished to devote much more reflection . |
| 5 | He did not know where , and did not particularly care , except that it meant that the Establishment was on Amber Black , and every car had to have the magic mirror wand shoved underneath the chassis . |
| 6 | did not particularly interest the Semitic mind , what was meant did . |
| 7 | The Teutonic mind , he said quickly , was no favourite of his : Mussolini , he implied , did not particularly dislike the Jews . |
| 8 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 9 | In the end only 11 per cent said they did not particularly lose more inches than previous dieting attempts had produced . |
| 10 | Elephants , leopard , deer and bear were either shot or forced to move to the lowlands , which the colonists did not particularly covet . |
| 11 | He once called liberalism a form of bigotry , but he did not particularly mind being called a bigot himself . |
| 12 | I could see that did not particularly please her , so I added , ‘ But your fame ranks with Shelley 's . |
| 13 | The thought of a cold , uncomfortable night alone on the hillside did not particularly worry him . |
| 14 | It did n't matter to her whether he kept it on or not , though she did not particularly like to see how his stump got so chafed and swollen . |
| 15 | He did not particularly like Franco whose view on life was rather cynical , redeemed only by the fact that he was quite willing to listen to Sandison 's halting efforts to tell his tale in Italian . |
| 16 | For herself she was unconcerned , she had never liked the cat , did not particularly like any cats , and found this one obnoxiously self-centred and cold . |
| 17 | He did not particularly like children , though he liked trains . |
| 18 | In the morning Miss Honey said to them , ‘ One or two of you did not particularly enjoy the last occasion when the Headmistress took the class , so let us all try to be especially careful and clever today . |
| 19 | In this instance , I do not particularly welcome this debate , because I regret having to make these points tonight in this way . |
| 20 | The parents do not particularly choose the kind of games their children should play , they are left free to indulge in any games that appeal to them , providing , of course , that the game is not injurious to their health . |
| 21 | No-one loves a winner , they are saying , and everyone knows Neath do not particularly wish to be loved . |
| 22 | She argues that if you have been assisted by relatives yourself , this imposes a strong obligation to provide similar support for others , even if that means giving a temporary home to someone whom you do not particularly like ( p. 89 ) . |
| 23 | I was always described as the heretic at school , a designation which was theologically accurate enough and did n't particularly disturb me ; it seemed a not unkind acknowledgement of whatever distances I carried with me . |
| 24 | At the chilly boarding-school to which her parents sent her in the mistaken belief that she would be less lonely among girls of her own age , the prizes for mathematics — a subject which she did n't particularly care for but which came easily to her — were framed reproductions of the works of Italian painters . |
| 25 | It did n't particularly bother me . |
| 26 | It was a building he did n't particularly want to see , though he did n't imagine he could ever succeed in burying its memories and associations . |
| 27 | Which which is why really at that th for the development funding they did the did n't particularly want I I P supporting because it is so structured and a lot of it is on a plate in a sense . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't particularly want to think about it . ’ |
| 29 | I always intended to visit him after the war , but you know how it is : things were difficult , I was confoundedly busy at the University , I did n't particularly want to see Viola again though you 've got to swallow the pill with the jam , have n't you , and there was no particular reason why I should n't see her again . |
| 30 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |