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 . |