Example sentences of "really understand what " in BNC.

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1 The possibilities of Total Communication are colossal if the practitioner really understands what the children actually perceive when they see teachers using it .
2 The choice of goals is critical and may demonstrate whether or not the company really understands what business it is in .
3 He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing .
4 You have n't got much chance of really understanding what they 're on about ,
5 This is something that the British harp on that incessantly , using it as the main reason for choosing one restaurant over another , but do we really understand what it means and are we consistent in our assessment of perceived value ?
6 I did n't really understand what it was all about except that there were always sugar lumps in my pocket for when I did n't feel very well .
7 I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit .
8 I could n't really understand what he was going on about , and I did n't like the way he shook my hand so blummin hard .
9 Many students are shy , and , if they see that the librarian is busy , do n't like to explain that they did n't really understand what was being said .
10 This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) .
11 I did n't really understand what he was after but , although some of his questions sounded rather peculiar , I answered as best I could .
12 This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant .
13 Looking forward , and viewing ourselves as contributing to the development of provisionally held theories , it seems to offer no more than the hope that we might make a contributions even if we do not really understand what , how , or to what .
14 When researchers want to understand what it is like to be , say , a Moonie , they can submit themselves to the sorts of conditions that a Moonie experiences — so far as these are social ; but the real Moonie can , quite legitimately , protest that if the researcher does not have a personal experience of God or actually know in their heart that it is the Unification Church which has discovered the best way to live , they can not really understand what it is like to be a Moonie .
15 The majority , however , did not really understand what we were talking about and were unable to gain anything useful from us .
16 Once you abandoned the theorist 's armchair and his gloomy study and actually got out there among living tribesmen , then and only then could you really understand what was going on .
17 ‘ I do n't really understand what they 're talking about , ’ she said , ‘ but now it 's the only thing on in the morning . ’
18 But his use of the -le ending reinforces the idea that he does n't really understand what -e does as his attempts at mise chifing and stown have already shown .
19 He did n't really understand what had happened or why , but he sensed things would never be quite the same again .
20 I did n't really understand what she was saying , but I could see that she despised me .
21 Although I was 17 I did n't really understand what having a stroke could mean .
22 Telling her she 's naughty probably wo n't have much effect on her at this stage , as she wo n't really understand what that means .
23 Did she really understand what she was taking on ?
24 I did n't really understand what he was on about , to tell you the truth .
25 If you do it first , you 're gon na really understand what I 'm going on about .
26 The Euro Cities Conference in , and this is where the Tories fall down on the facts , because Councillor does n't really understand what Euro Cities is about .
27 The Euro Cities Conference in , and this is where the Tories fall down on the facts , because Councillor does n't really understand what Euro Cities is about .
28 ‘ Will your family still be here ? ’ asked Nina , glancing from Rachel to David and back to Rachel again , a slightly bemused look on her face as if she did n't really understand what was happening between them but wished she did .
29 ‘ Childbirth ’ our local priest called it , but I did n't really understand what he was on about until several years later when I came up against the problem again .
30 So he was , for it was , it was a perk , or something like that , I , I could n't really understand what they , they were getting at .
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