Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] n't quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she did n't quite know exactly what that entailed , he looked so depressed she murmured words of sympathy while her heart went on singing inside . |
| 2 | Although we did n't quite make the top , it was a good day 's climbing . |
| 3 | Except they did n't quite say non , one word . |
| 4 | It went down great , they enjoyed it , although they did n't quite know what to think , because we were both rockabilly . ’ |
| 5 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 6 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 7 | Cos I did n't quite have enough . |
| 8 | Even if we do n't quite achieve it by March 31 , we will have significantly reduced the number of patients waiting 12 months or more , ’ said Mr Flook . |
| 9 | In the computer graphics of Tron ( 1982 ) we are right down on the board with the players of video games , even if we do n't quite share their viewpoint ; the motorcycle shots , much quoted , show how exhilarating rapid movement along wholly imaginary perspectives can be . |
| 10 | It 's , I , I mean these , these , the work with , with the original action network seems to , seems to come and go , you 've got a very large amount at one point and then nothing for sometime , it just depends er , I think which country they 're targeting and how much there is , because we had quite a lot on Malawi did n't we during the early part on last year not much on South Africa recently , as if they do n't quite know what to do , you know with the situation there it 's not quite er clarified . |
| 11 | She was more rueful than ever , so that Charles stopped dancing and if he did n't quite haul her off the dance floor , he was rather brusque . |
| 12 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
| 13 | She meant he might at least have promised to have a go at shaking the devils out , even if he did n't quite believe in them ; he might at least have tried . |
| 14 | I think we 'll just have a nice quiet day today erm there 's a little bit of a snag because I do n't quite know what we 're going to do about all these children that like to go to the library . |
| 15 | She had n't told John about the colour scheme because she did n't quite know what he would say . |
| 16 | Rose and Mary were for once showing a united front and refused to leave the kitchen because they did n't quite like the way the young women from the town who had come to be waitresses were poking and prying into their cupboards with their noses in the air . |
| 17 | Now this is n not quite accurate , because it does n't quite go into it six times . |
| 18 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 19 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 20 | It did look fabulous , Belinda decided firmly , even though she did n't quite know if that person in the mirror was herself or a professional model . |
| 21 | We think we know who we are , though we do n't quite know why we 're here , or how long we shall be forced to stay . |
| 22 | He himself got landed with a boring little man from Luton , who was a great stalwart of the local amateur dramatic society there and clearly , though he did n't quite put it into words , thought The Hooded Owl a pale shadow of their recent production of When We Are Married . |
| 23 | Ceauşescu must have amused his colleagues with his remarks ‘ strongly in favour of the acceptance of free will ’ and his thought that ‘ the withering away of the State would be very welcome though he did n't quite see the withering away of the [ Communist ] Party ! ’ |