Example sentences of "could [not/n't] really [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Susanna Jennens had encouraged her to read and write at Weston Hall , Leapor could not really expect the same sort of understanding and support from another employer . |
| 2 | Wolverton was an area of narrow Nonconformist faith , and our comings and goings at strange times were viewed by some with disapproval and suspicion , especially since we could not really explain the necessity for the shift work . |
| 3 | Superficially at least , Gedge controlled his emotions , but underneath he could not really accept the peculiar situation . |
| 4 | John could not really grasp the distinction . |
| 5 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 6 | Could n't really pull the leading question out the hat until you heard the answers . |
| 7 | Nigel could n't really review the stories himself — that would look too obvious . |
| 8 | But he could n't really remember the reason . |
| 9 | It was n't Brian 's fault , he could n't really help the fact that he did n't fit in , that he looked , well … strange , or that he was at the back of the queue when the brains were handed out . |
| 10 | You could n't really see the shape of the spots . |
| 11 | I could n't really fault the Stylus 800 . |