Example sentences of "not really [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Rousseau misses the point that direct experience is often inadequate as direct experience : an actual motor-car engine , even one that can be taken apart , does not really explain how internal combustion powers a car .
2 No , he 'll be out went out at ten to seven but over a sort of I 've been up since seven , I 've not really sat down all day .
3 Some of the clans , such as the Campbells of Argyll , were staunchly Whig , others were divided amongst themselves , and many were not really committed strongly one way or the other .
4 You do n't really realise how precious time is until it starts running out . ’
5 I ca n't really ring up British Coal to say what about wooden , Woodstow my friends .
6 I did n't really need too much time to think about it , I just instinctively knew .
7 However , it is important for us to remember that we still do n't really understand how this recoding is done by the brain .
8 But Schell says : ‘ We do n't really know how food-chain transfer works …
9 I do n't really know how much money they get .
10 You ca n't really get much higher turn out than about eighty four percent , eighty five percent in practical terms .
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