Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] n't really [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott did n't really care . |
| 2 | Jane Eyre did n't really look upon erm , erm herself as giving up her independence er by marrying Rochester did she ? |
| 3 | Millie did n't really understand . |
| 4 | When I think of the difference between Carla and Neil Neil does n't really want to do anything ! |
| 5 | Although Christopher did n't really see much of them did he ? |
| 6 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 7 | And as , as we said before , erm , many of the , erm people who lived in the poorer parts of erm the country , whether in urban or rural En erm England did n't really know about basic nutrition and and health I mean you just ate what was available but you did n't know why and so the government started this campaign to introduce you know knowledge about diet and how important it was . |
| 8 | Benny did n't really want her to come to the party , but for once Mother had been insistent . |
| 9 | Benny did n't really believe Eve about Sean having ambitions to marry into the shop , but there was something deeply unsettled all right about the way he looked at her . |
| 10 | No wonder Collias did n't really enthuse me . |
| 11 | One of the bizarre things I find today is that England does n't really like traders . |
| 12 | Are you aware that Janice does n't really love you ? |
| 13 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 14 | He never took into account that Eddie did n't really want to make a career as a racing driver — ’ |
| 15 | She said well I know , cos when Elaine went to pick it up she said , Elaine told her I would n't want to make the choice out of two typewriters , I just said Pam did n't really care what she had as long as she had one |
| 16 | There are other ways people have tried to protect the minority , one is by saying that the , that you can generate a certain set of rights from within the democratic procedure in a different way , that is if democracies flourish people need certain liberties , people need to express their own opinions , people need to be able to do what erm assemble where they need to and so on but more common is the view that democracy should be limited by constitutional would present the minority and this is a view that Mill does n't really defend in representative government although it seems to be very close to his view and on liberty , that is we limit the spear that this government has control over so we ca n't , so in this view erm democracy is given a very limited role . |
| 17 | Sometimes I think Leila and Quincx do n't really give a damn about you . |
| 18 | Harry did n't really have his heart at the Centre and was only there to please his wife . |
| 19 | Delaney did n't really know . |
| 20 | Jessamy did n't really care , though . |
| 21 | But Joseph does n't really understand that , and the changes he sees are bizarre and a little frightening — the furniture slowly turns into animals , objects are no longer what they seem . |
| 22 | Jessamy had n't really expected he would . |
| 23 | Probably Jordan had n't really spoken at all , he was a kind of doppelganger telling Coffin not only what he ought to do , but what he also knew . |
| 24 | Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them . |
| 25 | Norman did n't really know much about them . |
| 26 | I find that Locke does n't really address this point . |
| 27 | Gwyneth have n't really started on doing any of that work yet . |
| 28 | Paul 's house was always full of people and Steve did n't really have a home at all — when his mum remarried , his stepfather could n't stand him and did n't want him around . |
| 29 | Peter did n't really shine at school . |
| 30 | It is because , as Salima , herself a factory worker , explained to me ‘ the money is needed and not only that , there is a feeling among some people that what you do in Britain does n't really count . ’ |