Example sentences of "[not/n't] really [vb infin] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Constanza and I did not really talk about Michel . |
| 2 | Most of the time we do not really think about this but sometimes it is interesting to see how our language changes according to the role we play . |
| 3 | As long as he could drive , Edward did not really care about his condition , and the man , Corporal Miller from Dundee , was perfectly capable behind the wheel of the Austin Ten . |
| 4 | Twenty years ago people argued about definitions but they did not really disagree about a system of values which centred the individual 's worth in a family context and saw counselling as the social worker 's core skill . |
| 5 | Having been lucky with the only real audition I did which was for the RSC , I ca n't really complain about it . |
| 6 | But erm but they do n't , they do n't really complain about the complex as a whole . |
| 7 | stock responses like ‘ well , you know , we do n't really think about it that much , actually ’ , send the hearts of even the least demanding interviewer plummeting into their boots . |
| 8 | He is totally selfish about it and does n't really think about anything else . ’ |
| 9 | For London-born pro footballer Vince Hilaire , the realization was more gradual : ‘ I did n't really think about the black and white thing until I was about 14 or 15 . |
| 10 | " Well , sir , " said Hazel , " my brother does n't really think about these feelings he gets . |
| 11 | They gave me a cheque for some stuff , but Keith just wanted to spend it and did n't really think about what he was buying . |
| 12 | ‘ I think they just ca n't really think about anything else . ’ |
| 13 | It 's like in in in in in interviews as well , like you do n't , som some people do but , if somebody asks you a question , you just try and answer it , you do n't really think about , erm , the way you construct everything . |
| 14 | I did n't really think about it . |
| 15 | Yeah , but I did n't really think about it like that . |
| 16 | She did n't really care about him at all , she just wanted his money . ’ |
| 17 | Gilly Hopkins idolises her mother who , as you may guess , does n't really care about Gilly at all . |
| 18 | The cynical exploitation of the latest political discovery , the environment — because there are real problems out there in Banbury , Bangladesh and Basutoland which ca n't wait , and they do n't really care about our deliberating the issues and producing yet more paper , probably from their trees . |
| 19 | Maybe they 're songwriters — they do n't really care about really good guitar players . |
| 20 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
| 21 | You just seem to do the job well while the boss 's eye is on you , but you do n't really care about genuine quality in what you do . |
| 22 | You do n't really care about your sister , do you ? |
| 23 | ‘ But you do n't really care about a word from me , do you ? ’ |
| 24 | She liked flowers and planted flowers in their garden but he often felt she did n't really care about the moor . |
| 25 | Neil is reluctant to talk about the songs in any more detail : ‘ Like my good friend Bob says , a song is just a thought ; you ca n't really talk about a little part of it without taking the whole thing into consideration . ’ |
| 26 | I ca n't really talk about it now . |
| 27 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 28 | They do n't really talk about what 's happened in the past , all they 're bothered about is what 's happening to them at present . |
| 29 | a transcription you remember last year , we had about one week on phonetics , and John , some people came to the John talk , where we did n't really talk about phonetics script there . |
| 30 | So I remind myself that it does n't really matter about things being put back in exactly the same place in the cupboard , or precisely the same brand of tea being bought , or the carrots being cut to exactly the right dimensions . |