Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] really [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His present celebrity is a fairly recent phenomenon , and he insists that it has not really affected him , although he acknowledges that his appearances on television shows and in magazine profiles have somewhat robbed him of the anonymity which still clings to his ‘ invisible ’ friend , Cartier-Bresson . |
| 2 | ‘ Spain has not really changed you . ’ |
| 3 | It has n't really worried me , though . |
| 4 | I do n't think , probably she has n't really thought it , she 's , she 's been more concerned with her own self but she 's . |
| 5 | However , with their playmaker Turner injured , and his replacement Yendle not really hitting it off with scrum-half Llewellyn , Newport rarely threatened behind the scrum . |
| 6 | Anyway , Alfred could n't believe his luck ; he 'd never really made it with girls and here he was hitting the jackpot . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Not weak , but not bluffing either — not pretending he 'd never really wanted her , hated her , was better on his own . |
| 9 | She 'd never really believed he was importing undeclared goods , or in any way breaking the law . |
| 10 | He 'd helped her through a bad patch and she 'd been grateful , but she 'd never really considered him in any other light . |
| 11 | I mean , I keep on really telling her , the only real answer to like most of her problems is boarding . |
| 12 | We did not really think they could possibly get a boat in . ’ |
| 13 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 14 | Floy was suspicious and Caspar did not really blame him for that . |
| 15 | In his heart , even as the first shaft sliced into the flesh of his left arm , he did not really blame them . |
| 16 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 17 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 18 | As Heather was not a boy this latter did not really concern us , although I thought I was sure Blessed St John wept with the little one over the circumcision he had , of course , had himself . |
| 19 | ‘ And I know you do not really believe me . |
| 20 | Floy did not say : even though we do not really trust you , but Fenella and Snodgrass both felt him think it . |
| 21 | HIS great courage and imperturbable COOLNESS in the face of what must at times have seemed to him to be insuperable odds WAS , I must confess — although I do not really like him — quite UNBELIEVABLE . |
| 22 | Many of these depend on rather sophisticated biochemical arguments which do not really concern me here ; just two must suffice . |
| 23 | A counter-argument might be that standing rules are just one mechanism for weeding out hopeless or frivolous cases at an early stage and protecting government bodies ( rightly or wrongly ) from harassment by ‘ professional litigants ’ ( who else would expend the time and resources necessary to mount a hopeless case ? ) meddling in matters which do not really concern them . |
| 24 | Also there are many who roam the world in an entirely superficial fashion , who are not really " present " anywhere , who get bits and pieces of ideas from all over but who do not really understand them . |
| 25 | In reality , most attorneys have made almost no preparation for this phase and do not really understand it . |
| 26 | The most healing tears are those which neither overwhelm us with pain , nor are so detached from our feelings that we do not really own them . |
| 27 | Managers do not really see them as part of the assets of the unit . |
| 28 | He did n't really do it justice , did he ? |
| 29 | So er I mean it did n't really affect me too much . |
| 30 | But the banning did n't really affect us in any way . |