Example sentences of "[vb mod] not really be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the very earliest period of relative non-differentiation of functions , in which the ‘ literary ’ or ‘ artistic ’ had not or not fully separated out from the more generally ‘ cultural ’ , there had been this phase of specifically instituted artists , which should not really be described in terms taken from later phases , such as ‘ official recognition ’ or ‘ patronage ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Ye see , he 's been sick in bed and he should n't really be drinking . ’ |
| 3 | Frankly I think from our colleagues in the conservative party should n't really be wasting our time here with these silly motions , erm what 's needed is if you 're gon na improve the housing situation in the city and in the country as a whole , we need to be allowed to use our capital receipts , all the ones we 've piled up , and we need to also inject money into the national economy to build new homes and incidentally to get the economy moving again and start bringing down the level of unemployment . |
| 4 | So I 'd tell people that I should n't really be listening to them , and they 'd get quite upset … |
| 5 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
| 6 | So I think you 've got to look at this as er saying well , if you get external advice , at least you 're covered and er I mean er if a , if a company 's in difficulties , we perhaps would know before you would , erm that erm you know that we should n't really be investing with them . |
| 7 | ‘ You should n't really be looking at my eyes , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ I should n't really be coming , ’ said Elizabeth . |
| 9 | This can be difficult if part of you thinks it is wrong and you should n't really be doing it . |
| 10 | They should n't really be doing . |
| 11 | There 's tremendous pressure on agencies to , you know , to send in the medicines , to send in the blankets , when they may not really be needed . |
| 12 | Once again , Botham won the toss and chose to field as the pitch looked as though it would be most lively on the first morning , and for the second time his decision could not really be criticized . |
| 13 | Some of the others — Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie , for example — could not really be said to have voices at all . |
| 14 | But Mr Baker argued that we could not really be said to have a national system at all when there is no nationally agreed curriculum . |
| 15 | She could not really be hearing all this , could she ? |
| 16 | That legitimacy belonged to the spiritual jurisdiction could not really be contested by lay powers because no one could dispute the Church 's power over marriage . |
| 17 | Could not really be modified . |
| 18 | Intertidal limestone solution is at a much higher rate , 100 mm ( 4 in ) per 1000 years , but because of the low sea levels this could not really be expected to destroy reefs . |
| 19 | Being in a coloured community where Celie lived , attacks and prejudices could not really be fought against . |
| 20 | Although we may be qualified to do so in certain areas , mainly commercial , we could not really be considered a top-class rugby-playing country strength-wise and have therefore decided not to bid . |
| 21 | But at your age you know so many words you could n't really be expected to spell all of them and you 're you 're thinking Oh whatever I do I every word I write down is wrong . |
| 22 | Surely this catastrophe could n't really be happening ? |
| 23 | Surely she could n't really be having this ridiculous conversation ? |
| 24 | It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here . |
| 25 | He declared that the boiler was a straightforward Stephenson saturated design which could n't really be improved . |
| 26 | Peggy thought she knew of at least another ten people who would not really be mourning the death of Henry Phipps . |
| 27 | She told herself , it would not really be doing something for Andrée if it did not come hard . |
| 28 | Moreover this device would not really be aimed at the crucial needs involved . |
| 29 | yo you know , I mean i i i if Andrew were saying he 's he 's he 's pretty limited at maths you would n't really be meaning limited in maths , you 'd be meaning lim , limited in |
| 30 | Sinead O'Connor 's use of a picture of a murdered Guatemalan street child ca n't really be compared to Benetton 's shock-ads-for-profit . |