Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [not/n't] really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIS is such a delicious offering , of the kind that makes you chuckle in recollection on the way home , that I do not really want to give the game away by saying too much about what goes on . |
| 2 | I would like the same amount of performance as from the petrol engine therefore I do not really want a Land Rover Diesel . |
| 3 | I do not really remember |
| 4 | When the over ended he took the umpire aside and explained ‘ I have two artificial hips and I do not really know where my feet are going to land ’ — he was given a special Man of the Match award . |
| 5 | As I do not really wish to purchase a new knitting machine until I have a ‘ practise ’ run I was really pleased , that was until I found out it was no longer available . |
| 6 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I have to confess , for what it 's worth , I do not really like Lewis Carroll , Alice through the Looking Glass , and Alice in Wonderland , they bore me stiff ! |
| 9 | ‘ I do not really see Ezra Pound in Rapallo , ’ Max Beerbohm told me . |
| 10 | If I order someone to clean their boots when I do not really believe that this should be done , then my order is insincere , and flawed ( condition 1 ) . |
| 11 | I do not really accept the underlying assumption about a ‘ culture ’ of shared norms . |
| 12 | Does match in two colours I do n't really match but this |
| 13 | It 's all right , honey , I do n't really talk like that , I do it to irritate Matt , though it usually does n't because he 's so thick-skinned and thinks everyone else talks like that anyway , so I guess I do it for my own private amusement . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't really drink myself , but I keep it for guests . |
| 15 | But to me there 's such a fine line between music forms like Cuban , latin , reggae and jazz that I do n't really separate anything . ’ |
| 16 | I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered . |
| 17 | And there was something in his smile and the way it affected her , something in the way his eyes probed into her , that prompted her to add , ‘ To tell the truth , I do n't really expect that ever to happen . ’ |
| 18 | Well , I do n't really forget . |
| 19 | As a matter of fact , I do n't really fancy her . |
| 20 | Erm we we aim to get as much development in our area as possible and coming back to your first question this afternoon , I I do n't really se any problem with the North Yorkshire proposals , that 's the middle range . |
| 21 | I call them niggers myself now , but I do n't really mean it . ’ |
| 22 | Actually , I do n't really mean that , back in time . |
| 23 | I know but I mean I , I only , I only wind him up , I only wind you up , I do n't really do anything . |
| 24 | I do n't really do , do I ? |
| 25 | I I do n't really do it I just listen to music . |
| 26 | You may well be wearing 30 's clothes and I suppose you could start wandering around feeling like Gatsby , but for a man who is a very fine actor and mime artiste , and who learned from Lindsay Kemp way before I met him everything about it being a show off stage and on , I do n't really think there 's too much relevance . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't really think that 's correct . |
| 28 | ‘ Ju , ’ Anne realised they were back to their little kid names now , ‘ Ju , I do n't really think it matters any more . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't really think much has changed in appropriate critical judgements since 1906 , but it is an intriguing example of Schillings in triumphalist mood . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't really think there 's any point in calling for resignations of personalities . |