Example sentences of "not really [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not really expect otherwise . |
| 2 | Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone . |
| 3 | erm I also think that people will use the fact that people are staying away , or have stayed away , because of the Gulf as a sort of excuse for people not coming and not really get down to the roots of maybe , you know , why are n't people , why do n't people want to stay in British hotels , why do n't people want to stay in London Hotels ? |
| 4 | Even Hegel , who apparently extends the notion of autonomy to the private domain does not really do so . |
| 5 | I 'm pessimistic because I believe that if the council is to tackle what I still believe to be a big problem of the local authority then it can not really do so without the support of the largest party on this authority and if we have heard erm an honest assessment of their perception of of the case , I I really I really do despair that this council will will get to the bottom of the problem . |
| 6 | I wanted to thank you … ’ she began , not really comprehending why she was so reluctant to let him go . |
| 7 | I 'm not really cut out for adoption . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're probably not really cut out for the life of brigandry and terrorism , ’ said Cornelius kindly . |
| 9 | The piece was performed in Wimbledon Town Hall in 1926 , and the consensus was that , in 130-odd years , Wolfgang had not really developed musically . |
| 10 | Er locally no real troubles on the M One er if you 're heading down to Leicestershire we have the work at twenty two on the M One not really causing too many troubles but some brand new work on the go in Northants today between junctions nineteen and eighteen that 's the M Six down towards Rugby . |
| 11 | It was , then , a most discouraging start to what may in fact be an entirely new sort of duty required of me ; so discouraging that I must admit I have not really made further attempts along these lines . |
| 12 | But that means that bread 's not really gone up that much . |
| 13 | There also exist cases where the constituent groups of gentile constitutions are not really based either on patrilineal or matrilineal descent , but on a mixture of kinship and locality . |
| 14 | Once more , as in the early days , movies were charging around in all directions and not really getting anywhere . |
| 15 | But I mean , one of the major problems is a fact , these youth training programmes or Y , YP 's as they call them , are alright but they 're not really getting down to the basic er training we need ! |
| 16 | Obviously this is an overstatement , but it does not really exaggerate too much the state of mind many Of us have reached in stratigraphical discussions . |
| 17 | Rousseau misses the point that direct experience is often inadequate as direct experience : an actual motor-car engine , even one that can be taken apart , does not really explain how internal combustion powers a car . |
| 18 | This does not really explain how the regulation will be conducted , as this is more a feature of the regulators than of the politicians , if there is any slack in the relationship between government and regulatory agents . |
| 19 | Their commitment , however , does not really extend as far as promotion of Equal Opportunities ; men-only nights greatly outnumber women-only nights in most venues ; most lack disabled access ; there is no policy of supporting anti-racist initiatives in either employment practices or customer relations . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not really writing yet , just roughing out an idea . |
| 21 | The decline in numbers did not really set in until after the Second World War , when elephants were , incidentally , used to carry ammunition during the Burma campaign . |
| 22 | Richard did not really forget though . |
| 23 | For our purposes , it does not really matter exactly what the results of the study were . |
| 24 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 25 | It does not really matter how you describe the style — Wimbledon , long ball , direct . |
| 26 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 27 | It is your inheritance and your birthright , and although we may appear to have taken that from you , we have not really done so . ’ |
| 28 | One of the tricks that happens , and it can happen , it 's not really done deliberately , but it 's , the reporter wanting to know how you feel about something . |
| 29 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 30 | Peace did not really reign again at Hatfield Chase until well into the eighteenth century . |