Example sentences of "really [verb] not [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really do not see any level at which a dialogue is even possible . |
| 2 | ‘ I really do n't think this film goes over the top in any way . |
| 3 | Oh yes , yes , I 'm m , as as I say , I I I can understand all this , but I I I am not sure how you can persuade people who do n't somehow , share your opinion with values ethical values , human values , er , to live within that society , and to obey the rules that you would like to set , when they really do n't observe those rules . |
| 4 | But I really do n't take much notice anyway , sat in a car . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , when you use a vibrato bar guitar , when you hit the strings really hard , a lot of the vibration gets transferred to the springs and back into the bar in a sort of flutter and I really do n't like that sound at all . |
| 6 | Now obviously you can translate the idea of something being a preventative about illness or sickness , but it 's very difficult to suggest in idiomatic modern English that roses can be a protection against evils , because you really , we really do n't have that kind of concept , normally now , although there are many uses of erm , groups of people who might retain such a concept , and if something like that arises , you obviously ca n't make it idiomatic , because there 's just no way it 's going to work idiomatically in English . |
| 7 | " You really do n't have much use for a little finger anyway , " the thin man said . |
| 8 | ‘ You really do n't have any faith at all in me , do you ? ’ he said , and his voice sounded strangely sad . |
| 9 | ‘ I really do n't have any regrets , but now I could lose everything . ’ |
| 10 | No , and it says erm I really did not expect any Grace to answer . |
| 11 | She really did n't want any introductions to be made . |
| 12 | You see , with things like that you can start getting done with living off immoral earnings , brothel-keeping and whatever , and at that age — nearly seventeen — I really did n't want those type of charges . |
| 13 | As Dana Gillespie recalls , ‘ I 'm sure everyone 's got a different version of it , and I really did n't witness any rows , but I would often hear from my assistant who would tell me he 'd just come back from MainMan offices and the door was closed into DeFries 's inner sanctum , and there were raised voices between David and him in there . |
| 14 | I 'm sure everybody 's got a different version of it and I really did n't witness any rows . |
| 15 | She really did n't understand this side of him . |
| 16 | I really did n't need another jumper , but what I did need was a button-to-the-neck cardigan . |
| 17 | I really did n't have much time for school . |
| 18 | What I 'll do is I 'll read you the first paragraph of rule six and actually bend the rule and put those words in and it really does n't make any sense at all , so listen carefully on this one and do n't be surprised if you do n't understand me . |
| 19 | Erm however erm it it does sound as though it 's one of these policies where as I suspected and said earlier today that it really does n't have any effect on anything and it 's probably something that could be erm crossed out and nobody would even notice it had gone . |
| 20 | He has been known to refuse autographs by pleading that he 's nothing special and really does n't warrant such attention . |