Example sentences of "[verb] n't quite [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The WHOLE feeling is Spring is about to burst forth but it has n't quite done so . |
| 2 | Ironically , the Somerset bowling has n't quite lived up to the predictions . |
| 3 | Obvious because it stares you in the face as you walk in to the corrie , and also because you can see that the icicle has n't quite formed despite rumours that it does . |
| 4 | But it has n't quite clicked . |
| 5 | She longs for the anguished desolation of a late capitalism that has n't quite worked as her generation dreamed . |
| 6 | The Disney has n't quite worked this side of the Atlantic . |
| 7 | Your steel-mesh underflesh has n't quite knitted properly . |
| 8 | ‘ She has n't quite got it right , but if she wants to come round my flat … ’ |
| 9 | But she has n't quite got the hang of pop-star posing yet . |
| 10 | It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight . |
| 11 | British Telecom has n't quite learnt the alphabet . |
| 12 | The run of 24 away games without a win did n't quite eclipse the Leeds record of 26 incurred during the seasons 1938–39 , 1946–47 , 1947–48 . |
| 13 | I did n't do this I d I did n't quite finish this one cos we only had erm one and a half hour to do the two-hour paper like . |
| 14 | We did n't quite manage to construct the er item concerned adequately . |
| 15 | Yes , the difference of course is that in two day cricket you ca n't necessarily guarantee a result er and forcing wins was what we did n't quite manage to do , it was er it was a season of what might have been for the County Cricket Club er a very good season but not quite as successful as last year . |
| 16 | Toddler Ryan Hunt from Hereford , decided that his black Labrador did n't quite go with his newly decorated bedroom , so he painted the dog a matching colour ! |
| 17 | But things did n't quite go as expected during filming outside the Daily Mirror building in Holborn , London … |
| 18 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 19 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 20 | The ball bounced their way , but sometimes it did n't quite go far enough . |
| 21 | If the sum did n't quite fit onto one blackboard he moved onto another and when they were all full up continued on the walls . |
| 22 | So I had stuff which I knew was good , but that did n't quite fit the group because the tunes needed to be more orchestrated . |
| 23 | The book did n't quite fit , even at an angle . |
| 24 | Her real destination was Fleet Street and the offices of the weekly Clarion Cry , but she could hardly inform Dr Neil or Matey of that interesting fact — it did n't quite fit the sad picture which she had drawn of the friendless , abandoned orphan without employment — not that the money which she earned from the Clarion would have kept her . |
| 25 | It did n't quite fit in with her theory . |
| 26 | But there was somebody in in the street where I lived , who was a spiv , and he was considered to be the black sheep of the family , did n't quite fit in when everybody else did . |
| 27 | A muscle jerked in his jaw , and although he still retained the humorous gleam it did n't quite warm his eyes . |
| 28 | His lips quirked but did n't quite achieve a grin . |
| 29 | Behind the myth of the big drinkers like Hughie Gallacher and Jim Baxter , are the people who did n't quite make it to the realm of myth , the lonely bores , the manic depressives , the failed fullbacks and the defeated unfortunates who had to retire early and find a job in the real world . |
| 30 | This one had a pleasantly slim neck , reminiscent of the Pedullas I recently tried , but it did n't quite make it into my affections because of its finish ; that slightly metallic-looking uniform of navy blue made the bass feel psychologically ‘ cold ’ to me . |