Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 2 | And yet , Theodora reflected , the hatchment did not quite fit her memory of what she had seen . |
| 3 | Danon does n't quite capture the swing that ties these dances to their Romanian background ( the folktunes are genuine ) — perhaps surprisingly , in view of his Yugoslav origins : it 's only down the road , after all . |
| 4 | The action does n't quite live up to the presentation : it 's simple overhead-view stuff with no frills , but fun nonetheless . |
| 5 | Her attempt at a light laugh did n't quite make it . |
| 6 | It 's erm an area where two elements of the law do n't quite meet tidily and For instance if you worth four hundred thousand pounds big figure , and you had a hundred thousand of it in your own name and three hundred thousand jointly with your wife , wife die er you die , your estate for probate purposes is a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 7 | Two partitions of heavy wooden panelling did not quite reach the arched ceiling and the other two sides of the room were formed by the walls of the crypt itself . |
| 8 | ‘ The couple next to the loudspeaker did n't quite hear you . ’ |
| 9 | Activision 's second ghostly computer product did n't quite follow the enormous success of its predecessor , although in game design it 's just as mediocre . |
| 10 | Try it again Tim daddy did n't quite understand , say it again . |
| 11 | There are moments when the performance appears to lack urgency — the opening of the finale is rather sedate , and the middle section of the Allegretto does not quite capture the ‘ will o ’ the wisp ’ character intended by the composer . |
| 12 | I 'm gon na fill it in in a minute do n't quite fit there you go okay ? |
| 13 | He was smiling , but the smile did not quite reach his eyes . |
| 14 | Beside the King and the Archbishop , the Bishops of Paphos and Limassol , the several abbots , the Knights Hospitaller of the Order and the ecclesiastical officers of the Cathedral , stood a thick , black hairy fellow in a battered conical cap with a veil , below which an assortment of robes vaguely Greek and vaguely Coptic did not quite cover the stained brown habit of a Franciscan friar . |
| 15 | The Japanese hi-fi 's clapped out , the VW should have been replaced 18 months ago , and that new Miele dishwasher does n't quite fit alongside the Swedish fridge . |
| 16 | And this bloke come in today and erm looked a bit , looked a bit like a tramp did n't quite catch what he said , I 'm sure he said God sent me in here for a cigarette ! |
| 17 | In truth that phrase does not quite fit the Jacob/Esau narratives . |
| 18 | Perhaps I take a special pleasure in Cold Comfort Farm from the fact that I was myself brought up in a rural setting , surrounded by wild-eyed manic depressives of the Starkadder school , while I was reading the works of D.H.Lawrence and F.R.Leavis , whose loam-laden versions of country life did n't quite chime with mine . |
| 19 | As regards orchestral direction , the troupe did not quite fit accepted categories ; to begin with , there was no continuo player ( spoken dialogue replaced recitative ) . |
| 20 | His voice did not quite work properly . |
| 21 | The story of the real church does n't quite end there . |
| 22 | Toddler Ryan Hunt from Hereford , decided that his black Labrador did n't quite go with his newly decorated bedroom , so he painted the dog a matching colour ! |
| 23 | The run of 24 away games without a win did n't quite eclipse the Leeds record of 26 incurred during the seasons 1938–39 , 1946–47 , 1947–48 . |
| 24 | An officer on an accompanying ship did n't quite see it that way . |
| 25 | The previous owner was an actor , but his artistic taste did n't quite accord with Angela 's : ‘ it was orange and green and tatty and horrible . |
| 26 | The book did n't quite fit , even at an angle . |
| 27 | As with so much of what he envisaged , the reality did not quite match the vision . |
| 28 | If the sum did n't quite fit onto one blackboard he moved onto another and when they were all full up continued on the walls . |
| 29 | The proof of the pudding is in the eating and while I found that McAfee VirusScan did n't quite live up to the advertisers ‘ claims , it was able to spot over 84 per cent of the infected files in my library . |
| 30 | I liked his gentle , unimpeded sense of flow in the opening Andante dolce ( his slightly brisker tempo does n't quite achieve the same buoyancy as Richter ) , and his finely controlled phrasing and subtle ‘ nodal-pointing ’ are much to be admired also . |