Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] n't quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow though , The Fall of Yugoslavia comes across as a series of fragments that do n't quite make a whole , and any attempts to go beyond the yawn-capacity of school history books are sadly flawed . |
| 2 | The link , he suggested , was the ‘ intuitive poster art , words to songs that are not quite understandable , superimpositions in films that do n't quite focus into a subject ’ , all of which , he contended optimistically , ‘ move us towards the new era ’ . |
| 3 | These planets are big enough to be regarded as , in essence , stars that did n't quite make it . |
| 4 | They put out the ‘ Flag Day ’ EP , which garnered good reviews , ‘ Sheep ’ , a single that did n't quite make the Top 50 , and then broke through with ‘ Happy Hour ’ , which got to Number Three . |
| 5 | Seeing the smile that did n't quite reach the tired brown eyes , Lindsey shook her head . |
| 6 | Made some more bets that did n't quite work out , but I could still see the pattern — a good one , too . |
| 7 | Into The West is a nice try that does n't quite come off . |
| 8 | We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and did n't quite make it . |
| 9 | There were one or two that were that I think were a little bit careless and did n't quite get the construction correct for them . |
| 10 | He was seeing it now , and did n't quite believe it . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm in your hands , ’ I mumbled and did n't quite know why I said it . |
| 12 | Shaking her head in bemusement , she moved her gaze to the outfit spread out on the bed , and did n't quite have time to screw her face into an expression of approval before Mrs McMahon looked at her . |
| 13 | I did n't quite belong in the Jewish dorf-just as well , because horsemen came through more than once and left blood and burnt timbers behind them — and did n't quite belong in the hamlet where my father 's people lived — maybe just as well also , because the crucifixes on their walls did n't save them when the cholera came and brought its own kind of pogrom . |
| 14 | There 's a very good example of that in the film you 'll see , where somebody phones up , and does n't quite know who they want to speak to , but they get through to a department , and they say , ‘ Oh , I 've left some money ’ , and the caller immediately , and the person who 's received the call immediately says , ‘ Ah , money ! , you want the treasurers department , I 'll put you through ’ , and before the chap 's had a chance to say , ‘ No , no , no , I really want to speak to you , they 've gone , and they 're back at the switchboard . ’ |
| 15 | His lips quirked but did n't quite achieve a grin . |
| 16 | He walked out of the room as Felipe rang for Jorge , and Maggie made off too but did n't quite escape . |
| 17 | HYWEL DAVIES ( Ghofar ) : ‘ He gave me a super ride but did n't quite get the trip . |
| 18 | He even wondered if he ought to suggest to Paul Lexington that that sentence was put on a hoarding outside the theatre , but did n't quite have the nerve . |
| 19 | He longed to ask her if she 'd had anything nice in the post , but did n't quite dare . |
| 20 | As for Mike , he treats his new charge like a china doll — he adores her , but does n't quite know how to handle her . |
| 21 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |