Example sentences of "do n't really [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I do n't really know much about planes to be honest with you . |
| 2 | You did n't really do that , that drawing did you ? |
| 3 | He did n't blame her ; he did n't really care enough to be hurt . |
| 4 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean … they did n't really stand much of a chance , did they , sir ? ’ |
| 6 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 7 | Questions of Morality and Christian Virtue aside , she did n't really blame all the women Henry Phipps had conquered for succumbing to his wiles . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't really mean any harm . |
| 9 | But these events of war did n't really disturb Little Weirwold except for Miss Emilia Thorne who had to recast the Christmas show as each evacuee left for home . |
| 10 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 11 | ‘ You did n't really think some sort of Grandson Richard , 39 , was going to swoop down out of the sky and carry us off to Florida , did you ? |
| 12 | Last night in the ‘ Digital pubs ’ it did n't really matter any more whether Heseltine had offered a major defence contract inducement to the company . |
| 13 | I did n't really want that man anyhow . ’ |
| 14 | So they said , well they did n't really want another granny but they , they wanted to adopt a granddad . |
| 15 | I did n't really give much thought to coming to France , and I certainly did n't give much thought to making love with you . |
| 16 | By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology . |
| 17 | We did n't really know each other . |
| 18 | Norman did n't really know much about them . |
| 19 | I did n't really support any team until then , though my mother had bought me a Chelsea hat ‘ n scarf a few months earlier . |
| 20 | Had pier alone , Carrie knew , than when she was with them , and although she did n't really mind this , it made her feel lonely this particular day . |
| 21 | Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them . |
| 22 | But he did n't really believe any of it , not for a moment . |
| 23 | But the judge criticised both the landlord AND the tenant , saying he did n't really believe either of them . |
| 24 | We have the finest peo band of men looking after our fire service so I have never had any doubt , I did n't really need this report to tell me , but it is nice to see it written down , to see just exactly what they 're doing . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't really find any problems in jelling with Craig Chalmers . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't really take much notice of him . |
| 27 | ‘ I went to three different schools and did n't really enjoy any of them . |
| 28 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 29 | It was always like this these days — two colleagues who respected each other but did n't really have much to say . |
| 30 | In this case , however , she did n't really have much choice , and the realisation rankled . |