Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if that child is sensitive and caring and does not wish to hurt or disappoint his parents , perhaps he may even enter the medical profession and spend years doing something he does not really want to do while denying himself the opportunity of fulfilling his life in the way he would have chosen . |
| 2 | He does not really expect her to love him , and when she does it has to be total . |
| 3 | To his right and left spreads a familiar landscape , so familiar that he does not really see it , an expanse of houses and factories , warehouses and sheds , railway lines and canals , piles of scrap metal and heaps of damaged cars , container ports and lorry parks , cooling towers and gasometers . |
| 4 | He may even live the kind of life he does not really like simply because he feels that because everyone else is so much wiser than he is they must know best about what is right for him . |
| 5 | In many instances the church has projected the attitude that although God invented sex he does not really approve of it . |
| 6 | Kepler Wessels , his captain at Eastern Province , says he can be as quick as Allan Donald , though he does not really swing the ball . |
| 7 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 8 | Although the principle of taqiyah — dissimulation — does make it perfectly possible for a Muslim to pretend to assume a religion to which he does not really belong . |
| 9 | but he lives with this he does n't really make time for anything . |
| 10 | Having gone through all the arguments such as ‘ he does n't really mean it ’ , and ‘ he loves me really ’ , she finally leaves with the support of the police , particularly the WPC . |
| 11 | He does n't really mean that elephants do n't need an explanation ; rather that he is satisfied that biologists can explain elephants , provided they are allowed to take certain facts of physics for granted . |
| 12 | It may be that what he 's said in court is purely something to get back at you and he does n't really mean it . |
| 13 | We took him to a Chinese restaurant where they serve those drinks in coconuts — they 're quite strong and he does n't really drink , but we made him have one anyway , and he quite enjoyed it . |
| 14 | No he 's not , he does n't really drink spirits . |
| 15 | Well he drinks brandy I expect but you know he does n't really drink spirits . |
| 16 | ‘ Dad was only concerned about how things affected her , and now he does n't really care . ’ |
| 17 | He does n't really care if he gets it |
| 18 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 19 | He does n't really want it for anything , but he is n't keen on having what he calls a flock of children on his land . |
| 20 | That means he does n't really want to . |
| 21 | He does n't really want to be like that — he 'd rather like to be a baseball star or a Sumo wrestler . |
| 22 | He tells everybody his sister gave it to him for Christmas and he does n't really want one , but what with the job and all his meetings it comes in handy . |
| 23 | He realizes he left it behind because he does n't really want to go to John 's . |
| 24 | I said mark the chap that she 's got at the moment is taking her out to discos and things and she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 25 | and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 26 | cos to be honest , the more Mike goes over there , the more he keeps saying he does n't really want to pull the picture frames down |
| 27 | See he does n't really want much brown on him he just needs a coat . |
| 28 | ‘ Because he does n't really tour with us , someone just assumed we had kicked him out . ’ |
| 29 | But perhaps Evan still thinks too much , or perhaps he does n't think enough or , then again , perhaps he does n't really think at all … |
| 30 | Like my father I love books and solitude and I flee from publicity , the brutality of the media , interviews where they try to get the interviewee to say things he does n't really think , as though to catch him out . |