Example sentences of "[verb] never really [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She remembered him trying to tell her , sometimes , about the sky and the Thing and where nomes first came from , and she 'd never really understood , any more than he 'd understood about the little frogs . |
| 32 | She 'd never really understood the meaning behind the adage — until now . |
| 33 | His two daughters who he 'd never really done anything for — expecting them to look after him . |
| 34 | The rest of the room seemed to disappear in a blur as she looked into his face , seeing him as if she 'd never really seen him before . |
| 35 | I 'd never really explored the bandit country north of Peckham but at least there were plenty of vehicles around to cover me . |
| 36 | ‘ Not weak , but not bluffing either — not pretending he 'd never really wanted her , hated her , was better on his own . |
| 37 | Though he 'd never really believed that any woman would behave that coldly and that violently in response to an attack . |
| 38 | She 'd never really believed he was importing undeclared goods , or in any way breaking the law . |
| 39 | He 'd never really felt committed to Polly , even after six or seven years of marriage . |
| 40 | William had loved his grandad , but he 'd never really listened to him . |
| 41 | I suppose I 'd never really sat down and cried about it , ’ she recalls . |
| 42 | You know I 'd never really valued the the erm the truth in that term , straight heads do definitely think very differently . |
| 43 | ‘ An area I 'd never really looked into — intersexing . |
| 44 | She 'd never really looked at it before ; it was too old and familiar . |
| 45 | They 'd never really taken off , and repeated raids and tougher licensing had killed them completely . |
| 46 | Except we were always unsure when exactly his birthday was — the 15th or the 18th of January — he 'd never really known . |
| 47 | He 'd helped her through a bad patch and she 'd been grateful , but she 'd never really considered him in any other light . |
| 48 | But he 'd never really thought about the insides . |
| 49 | He 'd never really thought about it before today . |
| 50 | ‘ I 'd never really had a guitar hero before then . |
| 51 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |
| 52 | There may have been complications or separation at birth and the mother may have never really felt completely bonded to the child . |
| 53 | Others claim to have never really supported the incorrect view in the first place or , if they did , it was only to show that it was inconsistent . |
| 54 | first comma , sitting never really understood which means |
| 55 | ‘ I 've never really lived normally before , ’ he said . |
| 56 | ‘ I 've never really felt before tonight how much John is not alone . |
| 57 | In recent years , it 's been nice to know that I could decide to take my wife Lizzie on Concorde and not have to ask permission from the bank manager , but I 've never really gone in for extravagances — they all add up to too many paper rounds . |
| 58 | Well it , it , at least it 's gold , I mean , I , I , I was in the jewellery trade when I first left school , between school and national service I worked at a manufacturing jewellers in Birmingham and I 've never really gone along with the idea that nine carat is actually gold . |
| 59 | I 've never really analysed why I was so angry and so shocked and so hurt . |
| 60 | I 've never understood it — probably because I 've never really understood her . ’ |