Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [adv] quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falstaff as ‘ a masculine decayed cornucopious form of the love goddess ’ is amusing as a paradox , though how the boar can be both Mars and Persephone I do not quite see . |
| 2 | Mr Boyd had patients waiting , a fact I do not quite understand , since he had just told Boswell and Johnson the story of one of Lord Errol 's tenants . |
| 3 | ‘ Sounds great in theory , ’ she speculated , ‘ but I do n't quite think it 's the same in practice . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't quite recognize this world we 're in . |
| 5 | All I 'd say is that I do n't quite agree with Stuart 's description of that summer with Oliver . |
| 6 | I do n't , I do n't I mean I do n't quite agree with what you 're saying cos you seem to be saying whatever party 's in power in local government it 's gon na be exactly the same |
| 7 | But I do n't quite buy that . |
| 8 | He stared into his brandy and then , rather sourly for such a charming man , said , ‘ I 'm afraid that I do n't quite follow you , Bodo . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid I do n't quite follow you , sir . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't quite follow . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't quite follow . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't quite follow your gist , ’ said Harcourt . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't quite follow . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't quite follow that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't quite follow … |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't quite follow you . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm sorry , but I do n't quite follow you there . |
| 18 | I do n't quite know what you want . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The thief did that , ’ she told him , ‘ and I do n't quite know how I can repair it . |
| 20 | I do n't quite know why , but anyhow if they do feel old at 75 , then they ought to be shaken up a bit . |
| 21 | I do n't quite know what it means . |
| 22 | ( Not , by the way , that I have my heart particularly set on a boy but , having grown up with only brothers , I do n't quite know what the female clichés look like . ) |
| 23 | I have n't made up my mind just yet , indeed , I do n't quite know what to do . |
| 24 | I do n't quite know , ’ Matilda said . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't quite know , ’ Matilda said truthfully . |
| 26 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 27 | ‘ I might have done , only I 'm expecting my brother to pin me , I do n't quite know when . |
| 28 | I do n't quite know what it is , but it 's more than looks . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't quite know how we 'll manage it , ’ Anna said , ‘ But we will , somehow . |
| 30 | " I do n't quite know whether it 's you who 've persuaded me , Fiver . |