Example sentences of "[am/are] not really [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not really a hero , they were only small daysacks , but my fitness surprised me . |
| 2 | I am not really a coward or even a ‘ nervous ’ person . |
| 3 | They are not really a case of proxy decision , save that they instruct others to act . |
| 4 | These nematocysts , however , are not really a part of the sea slug . |
| 5 | Although you look like a child , you are not really a child at all because your mind and your powers of reasoning seem to be fully grown-up . |
| 6 | Natural indexing languages or derived-term systems are not really a separate language at all , but the ‘ natural ’ or ordinary language of the document being indexed . |
| 7 | Running dogs offer an especially sporting approach , I think , but dogs working in this way are not really an effective method of combating heavy infestations of rabbits . |
| 8 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 9 | However , these are not really the numbers which matter . |
| 10 | It is worth getting this formidable reputation into perspective by quoting the words of Edward O. Wilson , the world 's foremost authority on ants as well as the author of Sociobiology : In answer to the single question I am asked most frequently about ants , I can give the following answer : No , driver ants are not really the tenor of the jungle . |
| 11 | You 're not really a big star these days until you 've lost a lot of money trying to run your own restaurant . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not really a journalist , are you ? ’ she said quietly . |
| 13 | they 're not that big , they 're only size eight , they 're not really a sort of stereotype policeman . |
| 14 | Yeah , but they 're they 're not really a problem are they ? |
| 15 | You do n't want to , cos you 're not really no good David . |
| 16 | Yeah , but they 're not really the same |
| 17 | In Australia , with the grounds being so large , there are plenty of twos on offer and I 'm not really a big hitter . |
| 18 | I 'm not really a party-goer , so just popped my head in to bid my good nights , and hit the road home about 1 a.m . |
| 19 | I 'm not really a frog at all . |
| 20 | I 'm not really a great follower of fashion . |
| 21 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 22 | Do n't imagine you can flatter me by telling me I 'm not really a feminist , because I am , and I find your denials extremely insulting . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm not really a great cook but I try . |
| 24 | I I 'm not really a doctor person really , but this is really troubling me up here you know . |
| 25 | Then Mr Beckenham said mildly , ‘ I 'm not really a hardened gamester , you know , Godmama . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not really a football fan , ’ she insists . |
| 27 | Let me just , le I 'm not really a , I 'm not really a very numerate political scientist but let me just run some numbers by you to give you an idea of the escalation of the change . |
| 28 | Let me just , le I 'm not really a , I 'm not really a very numerate political scientist but let me just run some numbers by you to give you an idea of the escalation of the change . |
| 29 | I I 'm not really a doctor person really , but this is really troubling me up here you know . |
| 30 | I 'm not really a Shakespeare fan . |