Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] n't quite [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and did n't quite make it . |
| 2 | There were one or two that were that I think were a little bit careless and did n't quite get the construction correct for them . |
| 3 | He was seeing it now , and did n't quite believe it . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm in your hands , ’ I mumbled and did n't quite know why I said it . |
| 5 | Shaking her head in bemusement , she moved her gaze to the outfit spread out on the bed , and did n't quite have time to screw her face into an expression of approval before Mrs McMahon looked at her . |
| 6 | I did n't quite belong in the Jewish dorf-just as well , because horsemen came through more than once and left blood and burnt timbers behind them — and did n't quite belong in the hamlet where my father 's people lived — maybe just as well also , because the crucifixes on their walls did n't save them when the cholera came and brought its own kind of pogrom . |
| 7 | I had the idea that they had been quarrelling and had n't quite made it up . |
| 8 | There 's a very good example of that in the film you 'll see , where somebody phones up , and does n't quite know who they want to speak to , but they get through to a department , and they say , ‘ Oh , I 've left some money ’ , and the caller immediately , and the person who 's received the call immediately says , ‘ Ah , money ! , you want the treasurers department , I 'll put you through ’ , and before the chap 's had a chance to say , ‘ No , no , no , I really want to speak to you , they 've gone , and they 're back at the switchboard . ’ |
| 9 | His lips quirked but did n't quite achieve a grin . |
| 10 | He walked out of the room as Felipe rang for Jorge , and Maggie made off too but did n't quite escape . |
| 11 | HYWEL DAVIES ( Ghofar ) : ‘ He gave me a super ride but did n't quite get the trip . |
| 12 | He even wondered if he ought to suggest to Paul Lexington that that sentence was put on a hoarding outside the theatre , but did n't quite have the nerve . |
| 13 | He longed to ask her if she 'd had anything nice in the post , but did n't quite dare . |
| 14 | Ellie had known that Mrs McMahon was not a forceful or decisive person , but had n't quite realised just how easily led she was . |
| 15 | As for Mike , he treats his new charge like a china doll — he adores her , but does n't quite know how to handle her . |
| 16 | I think , I think in fact you 're , you 're not having the problems that we 're having where it 's very difficult so you 've got er a really nice representation but have n't quite gone far enough . |