Example sentences of "not really [vb infin] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 We can describe them in terms of electrical activity in the brain , but this does not really tell us much .
2 Many of these depend on rather sophisticated biochemical arguments which do not really concern me here ; just two must suffice .
3 And they did n't really want them back at that time .
4 I 'm another who does n't really want him here … anyway , Wilko would NEVER have anyone that ‘ round ’ playing for the club ! !
5 but you do n't really want it up to the bar if you 're going to get
6 I have n't made them yet , I 'll be making them this afternoon , yet more work to do I ca n't really make them now .
7 The rector 's wife was a bit of a mystery , and Betty could n't really make her out .
8 Could n't really make it out .
9 Whe when they 're actually describing something like homework oh that 's cool , they do n't really mean it as good , or do they ?
10 So er I mean it did n't really affect me too much .
11 out for me and erm , when he went in on Monday , erm it was the other one the lad that actually owns it , so I was in there for about bloody half an hour and we came home with some samples and one that I quite liked it was up on the wall and he said that is my best selling Axminster that I had , and it was like , it was maybe it was a bit too busy , it was , it was greyey and it was all different other colours in it , but it was a lot of flowers on it , it was n't a traditional Axminster you see Mike loves these traditional Axminsters and he does n't really , he wo n't really entertain anything else , erm , anyway I brought that sample home and what else ?
12 Well I was working in the quarry , and er it 's last March turned round and said he wanted a new implemented with a new miracle saw that he had bought and he did n't really give us much warning about what he was gon na do but all he said was that er he was gon na scrap our old bonus contract and implement a new one no matter what , and from various figures that were bandied about we all realized we were gon na back quite a lot worse off because of it .
13 You do n't really miss them much do you ?
14 You ca n't really do it really .
15 I ca n't really sit them together , they 're not relations !
16 Things like that do n't really bug me that much but I 'd do it again and again until it was perfect .
17 In fact , I do n't really care who actually did the jobs at all . ’
18 Oh yes , I was assuming that erm a I do , I did n't really set it out as a formal agenda just as a
19 alright if it does n't rain actually so it would n't matter if they did n't have treads on er treads on the tyres if it 's dry it does n't really matter you just go round slicks and
20 It does n't really bother me that much .
21 At this time , when I was thirteen years old , I was about average in height and weight for my age and so would most likely be a C. This aspect of the annual weighing and measuring routine — the actual result — did n't really bother me much .
22 It would n't really hold it tight enough .
23 I ca n't really blame her either , thought Charsky as he reclined in a hot bath , for feeling a sense of relief .
24 Well you ca n't really blame them that much with the K M T knocking on the door .
25 It does n't really tell us very much about those at all .
26 In 1992 that has not been the case , and I ca n't really tell you why .
27 I ca n't really tell you why it 's just I do n't like the do n't like the idea of children going round er begging for treats , treats money whatever it might be .
28 I could n't really tell you much on the phone , and anyway we can talk now .
29 He says : ‘ I ca n't really imagine anyone not hankering after Bertie 's lifestyle .
30 there 's no slow start on the reverse I got it while I was working in Leicestershire so I could n't really take it back it 'll cost me more in petrol
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