Example sentences of "they do n't quite [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ His ears — they do n't quite match .
2 He said : ‘ The EC document suggests that on technical criteria , they do n't quite make it , and a political decision will have to be made .
3 In some way they do n't quite articulate , they feel that he 's what they would call unreliable . ’
4 Erm by the city in the city institutions of London he 's seen as quite a a robust character but they do n't quite see eye to eye on the issues of the company .
5 They do n't quite get it .
6 It 's , I , I mean these , these , the work with , with the original action network seems to , seems to come and go , you 've got a very large amount at one point and then nothing for sometime , it just depends er , I think which country they 're targeting and how much there is , because we had quite a lot on Malawi did n't we during the early part on last year not much on South Africa recently , as if they do n't quite know what to do , you know with the situation there it 's not quite er clarified .
7 Expanded metal arch kits , once they have been plastered over , present a smooth wall face , and can be wallpapered around fairly easily , but they do n't quite have the character of the moulded fibrous plaster .
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