Example sentences of "not really [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bald statistic which can not really tell what life is like for those bound up in its flat figures . |
| 2 | So as Harry now leaves home for good on his mother 's birthday , he can not really explain what is happening to him . |
| 3 | It does not really matter what the answer is . |
| 4 | It was suggested that the extension of the period to three years from one required the attribution of a different meaning because the Theophile construction meant that it did not really matter what the period was ; as long as there was a debt , a bankruptcy petition could be presented . |
| 5 | When she complains of the drudgery of studying sound changes , Bernard hints that she does not really have what it takes to be a scholar . |
| 6 | He was reported to have said , ‘ I did not really know what an archdeacon does . ’ |
| 7 | The new mother is often terrified of making a mistake but she does not really know what is the best thing to do . |
| 8 | We are very prone to pontificate about what teachers should think about but we do not really know what they do think about : we formulate issues on their behalf . |
| 9 | Only then did it emerge that the settlers did not really know what they intended to do . |
| 10 | And yet , he did not really know what Callanish was . |
| 11 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
| 12 | ‘ Only , ’ she said aloud , ‘ only , we do not really know what we are looking for . ’ |
| 13 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
| 14 | She did not really know what she was suggesting . |
| 15 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 16 | Looking forward , and viewing ourselves as contributing to the development of provisionally held theories , it seems to offer no more than the hope that we might make a contributions even if we do not really understand what , how , or to what . |
| 17 | When researchers want to understand what it is like to be , say , a Moonie , they can submit themselves to the sorts of conditions that a Moonie experiences — so far as these are social ; but the real Moonie can , quite legitimately , protest that if the researcher does not have a personal experience of God or actually know in their heart that it is the Unification Church which has discovered the best way to live , they can not really understand what it is like to be a Moonie . |
| 18 | The majority , however , did not really understand what we were talking about and were unable to gain anything useful from us . |
| 19 | We may generously assume that Hippel did not really believe what he said , but was merely putting a rhetorical flourish on a widely-accepted piece of wisdom . |
| 20 | Most people think of artists as having to work totally alone , but I like to have someone there who does n't really disrupt what I 'm doing . |
| 21 | Most people think of artists as having to work totally alone , but I like to have someone there who does n't really disrupt what I 'm doing . |
| 22 | So that any changes in output .. right .. lead forget that diagram it does n't really show what I am about to say , but er when we have a price inelastic demand .. changes in output .. lead to changes in price , but the changes in output are overcompensated changes in price , so . |
| 23 | And as I say , you ca n't really beat what I call the basic training apprenticeships which you 're to come through . |
| 24 | ‘ She does n't really care what I do , ’ Matilda said a little sadly . |
| 25 | It all feels strangely academic , as though you do n't really care what happens next . |
| 26 | The skin was peeling off Finn 's nose and she was n't in love with him any more , so she did n't really care what he did . |
| 27 | ‘ Actually , ’ she said icily , ‘ I do n't really care what sort of women you 're attracted to . |
| 28 | What had changed was two things , one that the governor of the state had talked about defying the court rather than actually do it and secondly , that Eisenhower had summoned Forbus to see him at Camp David , the president 's summer retreat in Maryland , and had a weekend of talks with Forbus Now I was n't there , I was at primary school then , but I was n't there as far as one can piece it together what , what Eisenhower said to Forbus was , you know , I do n't really care what you do , but I do n't want it on prime time national television , I do n't want a scene , I do n't want you to flagrantly , openly , publicly to flout the order of the court . |
| 29 | She said well I know , cos when Elaine went to pick it up she said , Elaine told her I would n't want to make the choice out of two typewriters , I just said Pam did n't really care what she had as long as she had one |
| 30 | Perhaps you could go for a walk each day ( with or without a dog ) ; you could go swimming or ride a bicycle — it does n't really matter what you do as long as you do it regularly . |