Example sentences of "do [adv] really [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did not really think they could possibly get a boat in . ’ |
| 2 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 3 | Floy was suspicious and Caspar did not really blame him for that . |
| 4 | In his heart , even as the first shaft sliced into the flesh of his left arm , he did not really blame them . |
| 5 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 6 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 7 | As Heather was not a boy this latter did not really concern us , although I thought I was sure Blessed St John wept with the little one over the circumcision he had , of course , had himself . |
| 8 | ‘ And I know you do not really believe me . |
| 9 | Floy did not say : even though we do not really trust you , but Fenella and Snodgrass both felt him think it . |
| 10 | HIS great courage and imperturbable COOLNESS in the face of what must at times have seemed to him to be insuperable odds WAS , I must confess — although I do not really like him — quite UNBELIEVABLE . |
| 11 | Many of these depend on rather sophisticated biochemical arguments which do not really concern me here ; just two must suffice . |
| 12 | A counter-argument might be that standing rules are just one mechanism for weeding out hopeless or frivolous cases at an early stage and protecting government bodies ( rightly or wrongly ) from harassment by ‘ professional litigants ’ ( who else would expend the time and resources necessary to mount a hopeless case ? ) meddling in matters which do not really concern them . |
| 13 | Also there are many who roam the world in an entirely superficial fashion , who are not really " present " anywhere , who get bits and pieces of ideas from all over but who do not really understand them . |
| 14 | In reality , most attorneys have made almost no preparation for this phase and do not really understand it . |
| 15 | The most healing tears are those which neither overwhelm us with pain , nor are so detached from our feelings that we do not really own them . |
| 16 | Managers do not really see them as part of the assets of the unit . |
| 17 | He did n't really do it justice , did he ? |
| 18 | So er I mean it did n't really affect me too much . |
| 19 | But the banning did n't really affect us in any way . |
| 20 | Yeah he did n't really care he was n't too bothered but at least that 's what he said at one point |
| 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 | I must add that personally these absences did n't really bother me as my number one champion was there and went on to win , in what was a scary final for me . |
| 23 | I was getting it while I was in there , so it did n't really bother me . |
| 24 | next door did n't really bother me , cos once I 'd shut the door , shut the doors , it was , there was hardly any noise , but then erm the guy that had got the place , he was n't living there , lent it out to somebody else , blues , and they moved them u upstairs as well . |
| 25 | I say , the other night , I say it did n't really bother me , but like I 'm a heavy sleeper anyway . |
| 26 | No , he did n't really fancy her , he just wanted to be praised and feel top of the class and get a little attention . |
| 27 | I did n't really fancy it myself but decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was interesting , I suppose , but I did n't really feel it was right … ’ |
| 29 | Ruth said over the splash of water : ‘ I did n't really bite her . |
| 30 | do n't be silly did n't really leave you you were just being stubborn were n't you ? , still are . |