Example sentences of "[prep] really [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It must be difficult if you had someone who wanted to go out all the time or if they 're sort of really living it up or something I mean
2 He was nearly always right , too , so very seldom did anyone get the chance of really taking him down a peg or two .
3 And a prosthetist said : ‘ You have a great understanding of their problems because no matter how good a prosthetist is , if he 's got two legs he falls short of really knowing what it 's like . ’
4 If I want pupils to become aware of a generality , the more I guide them , the less chance they have of really appreciating it for themselves .
5 Once you get in the habit of really noticing what you eat , and expecting from the restaurants the same care for quality and ‘ real food ’ value you try to achieve at home , making the healthy choice becomes second nature .
6 You have n't got much chance of really understanding what they 're on about ,
7 I must er thank Mr for really outlining what it 's all about and cover all the issues because because Mr referred to no part being taken away .
8 He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's .
9 George 's patience is probably what keeps Lennie from really getting himself into trouble , all the time and it is patience that has kept Lennie alive so long .
10 If you take that kind of view , then of course Russell 's persistent emotionality and his characterization of the world in these personal terms is a failure , erm something that he was never able to overcome , something for all his passionate moral convictions prevented him from really seeing himself at one with other people .
11 Cos it 's beginning to really piss me off .
12 It 's not so much that they undersell themselves in the UK , but they have to really pull their fingers out in the US .
13 Erm my , I have n't had the time to really absorb what is in them and obviously the board would feel the same .
14 Added to the volatile , almost certifiable , personality of Hopper was the ambition of Peter Fonda , who would never admit it but was wanting — at that point in his life — to really show his father and sister , not to mention a whole legion of critics , that he could act — a considerable undertaking in itself .
15 But on the other hand say you 're a hundred and you 're working more with adapters they 're going to really think you 're a strong innovator .
16 FOR a thriller to really thrill there should be moments when you are gripping the edge of your seat wondering if the star is indeed going to go down in a hail of bullets — one more dead hero .
17 So er , you see , you 'd got to really watch what you was doing all the while .
18 ‘ Five of the grandchildren went to Euro Disney on a school trip and loved it but did n't have time to really do it justice .
19 His penetration was n't deep enough for her to really grip him with her vaginal muscles , but he had seen how clitoral massage aroused her .
20 But does that stop the problem if if we report someone for depositing litter I E a settee , I mean they do n't want to really deposit it there , is it quality of life that 's forced them to do it .
21 I know , like he 's I put his on like , he he used to really make me laugh , like some of the things he 'd come out with , like
22 The one with the ambition and the talent and the brains to really make something of herself .
23 Toby Toby you I 'll tell you what if you want daddy to really want his pudding .
24 I , I had to really stop meself .
25 The , as far as publicity is concerned , I think once the scheme starts to , to really move I think we will see a very significant ah availability of publicity on a wide scale of people .
26 Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry .
27 ‘ I have accepted a challenge laid down by Mr Plumpton of Greycoats School that this school will field a tetrathlon team against his own team , good enough to really give them a run for their money , if not to beat them .
28 It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden .
29 Every 4th or 5th shampoo , apply a penetrating treatment to really give your hair a boosts .
30 Joos 's " infinitive " is in fact made up of two words — to plus the bare infinitive — as can be seen from the possibility of inserting an adverb between them ( I want to really scare him ) and of finding to all by itself , something which is strictly impossible with inflections ( I do n't want to ) .
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