Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] not really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the over ended he took the umpire aside and explained ‘ I have two artificial hips and I do not really know where my feet are going to land ’ — he was given a special Man of the Match award . |
| 2 | I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’ |
| 3 | There is a lot you can do when you get back to the original mix tape , but for us the mix was all part of the creative process and I do n't really want to remix stuff . |
| 4 | It 's not something you ever get over , and I do n't really want to get over it . |
| 5 | And I do n't really want a phone , except to make sure about my brother 's coming . |
| 6 | I do n't want to cut down on all his drinks , and I do n't really want to start ‘ lifting ’ him to the toilet . |
| 7 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 8 | But the ones who went into it professionally , I see them often on the telly advertising things and I do n't really want to do that . |
| 9 | They 've got , do do you know when I go into Sainsburys , mind you , sometimes I go into Sainsburys and I do n't really want anything , I just like to look round in there . |
| 10 | ‘ And I do n't really think you need to ask why . |
| 11 | And for all for er for that er you got , you , you well you got your keep er and I do n't really think there was anything wrong with the food , it was the way it was cooked . |
| 12 | It 's only a minor op , after all , and snipping off a polyp , so I do n't think I shall bother to go up tonight — we 're far too busy here , and anyway , my father will be there , and I do n't really think she 's expecting me , so I 'll wait until tomorrow — ’ |
| 13 | Whether coming here or not and I do n't really think that , you know , coming back to it I do n't think he would fit in . |
| 14 | And I do n't really care whose partner I am . |
| 15 | And I do n't really see how Zacco or anything else is going to stop me . |
| 16 | they desperately want a child between them and to them a child that is born by the mother but is from a different origin than than the partner is is the next best thing an , and most of the couples , and we do n't advise them that this should all be kept secret , we leave that decision to be something that they will erm , come to later on when the child is older , and many of these couples will decide that this child will be brought as their own biological child , and I do n't really see that as being any different than many relationships where children are conceived out of wedlock , or out , with the relationship and people make a a a decision to keep this erm to themselves . |
| 17 | Because er I mean a lot of children these days , I think about my parents , it 's their money , they spend it , and I do n't really see that it 's important for it to be passed on to us , but in the case of a large estate , it becomes more important , if you 're looking at sort of two hundred three hundred thousand estate , then there 's going to be a lot of erm er asset value which would be taxable . |
| 18 | And I do n't really see that erm , number three is of vital importance either . |
| 19 | It does n't just happen in nature , and I do n't really see why women should be at a disadvantage , unless it follows in the tail of many of the other disadvantages , which are actually made by society and culture , not by biology . |
| 20 | ‘ And I do n't really understand the tenets of Islam , ’ said Beuno . |
| 21 | ‘ And now I 'm to have a new mama , and I do n't really like her one bit . ’ |
| 22 | And I do n't really need to hurry . |
| 23 | And I do n't really know what to say . |
| 24 | And I do n't really know what to say . |
| 25 | I 'm with him more than anybody and I do n't really know him , except that you 're the only one he really cares for . ’ |
| 26 | I was greatly tempted to hurl my despised Waaf hat from the train window as we were speeding southwards , and I do n't really know what stopped me . |
| 27 | Thomas paused , as if having second thoughts , then said , ‘ I do n't know what the fuck you 're doing down there , I do n't know what 's going on , and I do n't really know why I 'm offering this , but I could probably get you a gun , if you 'd feel — I do n't know — safer , or whatever . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's all rather complicated and I do n't really know , but whatever happened in the past I have an obligation to look after Beryl . |
| 29 | And I do n't really know my Two Times Table . |
| 30 | ‘ And I do n't really know any other places round here . |