Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [not/n't] quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does not quite look at him . |
| 2 | Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’ |
| 3 | That 's why she is a bit nervous ; she would like to be alone with him , without Paul , and she does n't quite know how to arrange it . |
| 4 | But it 's mainly to erm present it to this committee , the trial balance sheet , She does n't quite know how to do that and altogether she feels she just wants she says , how she 's doing it now , at least she wants to check out with somebody , is she doing it how they would do it . |
| 5 | It seems she does n't quite have the stomach to be an assassin . ’ |
| 6 | But , in fact , he does not quite say this . |
| 7 | What Aristotle says there is that the demos would like to be a monarchos , an autocrat , he does not quite say that it is . |
| 8 | He does not quite understand why the coats are familiar . |
| 9 | Shostakovich himself declared that he wanted to write a ‘ happy ’ Symphony , but somehow he does not quite seem the natural choice for such a thing . |
| 10 | Although he does not quite dare to say it , he wants the entire ERM to dissolve . |
| 11 | He does not quite know how to ask . |
| 12 | He does n't quite go around in wellies and a woolly hat . |
| 13 | He does n't quite go around in wellies and a woolly hat . |
| 14 | But Broderick looks almost depressed by the tedium of it all , so bored he does n't quite know what to do with himself . |
| 15 | Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind may find that it does not quite match his requirements after all . |
| 16 | On the other hand , it does not quite cover all sporting interests because horse racing ( or indeed camel racing ) is also in there as a sport . |
| 17 | But it does n't quite go like that . |
| 18 | Now this is n not quite accurate , because it does n't quite go into it six times . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , it does n't quite double as an arm rest . |
| 20 | Pervasive though this negative tradition is , it does n't quite answer why it is that in a post-Christian society there should continue to be so much indifference to the claims of animals . |
| 21 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 22 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 23 | Robert ( 4.1 ) made his and the teacher said , ‘ It does n't quite fit , does it ? ’ |
| 24 | It makes sense , but it does n't quite fit . |
| 25 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 26 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 27 | He has a cottage which is in not good enough condition to let , he ca n't afford to do it up , and it does n't quite qualify as decrepit . |
| 28 | If you 'll forgive me saying so , it does n't quite seem like your kind of club . ’ |
| 29 | Well er to me it does n't quite ring true , it 's always been the boys ' ploughing match and it always will be as far as I 'm concerned but I think this happened at the time post war I ca n't say exactly which year , when the date was changed from easter time to August . |
| 30 | He tries to manufacture the shot with the 5 , but it does n't quite come off , and sure enough he goes on the Road . |