Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] 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 | His lips quirked but did n't quite achieve a grin . |
| 9 | He walked out of the room as Felipe rang for Jorge , and Maggie made off too but did n't quite escape . |
| 10 | HYWEL DAVIES ( Ghofar ) : ‘ He gave me a super ride but did n't quite get the trip . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He longed to ask her if she 'd had anything nice in the post , but did n't quite dare . |
| 13 | 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 . |