Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] n't quite [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
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