Example sentences of "did not really [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not really want to be mutineers , but they were afraid of Tom Smith . |
| 2 | William Lee of the Nottinghamshire parish of Calverton had invented the basic frame in 1589 but the craft first took hold in London and did not really spread to the Midlands until after the restoration of Charles II . |
| 3 | If Labour could not win at a time of economic gloom , bolstered by the most effective campaign it has ever fought , and facing a Government whose campaign did not really come to life until the last 10 days — then when could it ? |
| 4 | AS has been pointed out in your magazine , the ITV coverage of the World Cup was very good , although promises that the BBC would be totally outshone did not really come to much . |
| 5 | France 's increased commitment to space , which dates from the late 1950s , did not really come to fruition until the late 1970s . |
| 6 | But more important , she realized that the gesture was available to all and thus did not really belong to her : when she waved her arm , she was actually committing theft or forgery . |
| 7 | Nizan was unsuccessful in his attempts to allay the suspicion that he did not really belong to the French communist party . |
| 8 | They went out from us but they did not really belong to us , for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us but their going showed that none of them belong to us . |
| 9 | But the exigencies of operatic life did not really appeal to one of his perfectionist standards . |
| 10 | She received lunch or dinner free from the restaurant , but the food did not really appeal to her . |
| 11 | Although the unanimity of rural enthusiasm for army policies is open to question , it is clear that the rural community did not really turn to the left in its search for a solution to its problems . |
| 12 | I did n't really expect to . |
| 13 | So it , it did n't really matter to me . |
| 14 | I thought it sounded a bit slushy and did n't really relate to it . |
| 15 | ‘ There was this group unity we had to have that I felt lost in and I did n't really relate to . |
| 16 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 17 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 18 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 19 | The Doctor could n't quite make out what it was that had moved , but going by the gelid fluidity of the apparent movement , he did n't really want to . |
| 20 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 21 | The only thing is , I did n't really want to be a tailoress , I wanted to be a nurse , but had n't much choice , then . |
| 22 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 23 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 24 | It did n't really occur to either of us that it would end , and there would be a baby . |
| 25 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 26 | He had a shifty air — as well as an obvious aversion to work of any kind — and I did n't really take to him . |
| 27 | But when I got home and found my answerphone knee-deep in angry messages I did n't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that you had something to do with it . ’ |
| 28 | Ken Vasey did n't have to make a save in the first half , did n't really have to did n't give Charlton a chance , and even in the second half when Charlton came forward more and more , they did n't really have any chances erm one that Lee volleyed over the bar , one that was headed over the crossbar , and the chance that went in the net , so they still did n't have many chances , but erm United somehow erm construed to drop two points , and erm yes , dreadfully disappointing . |
| 29 | Henry could n't work out , from Donald 's description , which of these alternatives was best described by the Madonna Complex , indeed he did n't really listen to a word either of them said . |