Example sentences of "not quite [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Eddie gets the brush off from his new female boss ( the very wonderful Robin Givens ) , director Reggie Hudlin cues up comic reversals ( she stands him up , drops in for a quick fuck , he bleats about commitment ) , which may not quite reflect the complexity of modern sex wars ( no mention of Aids here ) but are still funny . |
| 2 | She , too , could be elusive , though she could not quite disguise the smile in her eyes as she said it . |
| 3 | Although the AFM can not quite achieve the resolution of an STM , it is likely to have its uses in microelectronics . |
| 4 | He had hesitated , then glanced at me with a gravity that did not quite hide the smile behind it . |
| 5 | The word ‘ departed ’ , used in the RSV and other versions , does not quite convey the sense of the Hebrew verb , which means ‘ gone into exile ’ . |
| 6 | Assuming that your American Express Gold Card will not quite meet the difference between your cash resources and the cost of the aircraft , then it is necessary to borrow the money — and repay it . |
| 7 | Then they were aware of something , out there beyond the benches , which they could sense moving silently in the mist , and though he strained to see it he could not quite catch the thing in one place , for it seemed to come ant go , larger than the bench and bin , looming nearer but not quite seen , dark and grey and pointing to the sky . |
| 8 | Patricia Hodge does not quite evoke the mixture of clown and vamp that list suggests . |
| 9 | Kenneth Clarke , who did not quite take the country by storm during the election , as predicted , has nonetheless been rewarded with one of the great offices of state : the Home Office . |
| 10 | One can not quite understand the process of informalisation in European countries if one does not take into account that here too one can observe upward movements of working-class traditions and downward movements of middle-class traditions of conduct , although it is not possible to speak of the emergence of a new more firmly established code of conduct . |
| 11 | I can not quite remember the title of the Ballet , but Miss Margot Fonteyn was on her way up , we were quite sure , and that redhead Moira Shearer was running her a good second . |
| 12 | Powered by a four-stroke engine , running on unleaded petrol , the junior-sized version does n't quite match the performance of its 180mph big brother . |
| 13 | She could n't quite locate the nature of that terror , she did n't know exactly what evil it was that would occur , but she felt it tangibly . |
| 14 | But he could n't quite repeat the performance against Parrot , recovering from 5-2 down to 5-all before losing the decider . |
| 15 | Somehow ‘ Carlsson ’ does n't quite cut the mustard like Porsche 's ‘ Carrera ’ , but these are the first of the company 's production-line cars to have a name — like BMWs , they have always had numbers — and as the man at Saab said , at least you can pronounce it . |
| 16 | She could n't quite suppress a gasp of pain as those long , powerful fingers wrapped around her swollen wrist . |
| 17 | But I do n't quite understand the purpose of this outing . ’ |
| 18 | yeah I did n't quite understand the point of that |
| 19 | I ca n't quite see the reason for discounting second homes altogether as the D O E have done . |
| 20 | I ca n't quite recall the age of the clothes-line . |
| 21 | Just to , for people who ca n't quite remember the wording of it , the paragraph reads , ‘ If there 's any person who feels that they may be affected by this dispension should contact their local office . ’ |
| 22 | Expanded metal arch kits , once they have been plastered over , present a smooth wall face , and can be wallpapered around fairly easily , but they do n't quite have the character of the moulded fibrous plaster . |
| 23 | It seems she does n't quite have the stomach to be an assassin . ’ |
| 24 | Rory resolutely schooled her features to remain impassive , but could n't quite mask the glint in her tawny , almond-shaped eyes . |