Example sentences of "really [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 To watch Reutemann on a tennis court , for instance , was painful ; even Hunt , a splendid athlete , really lacked that sort of fluency which expresses real ‘ style ’ ; Jody Scheckter , doing almost anything , was incredibly clumsy .
2 Do children really treat such pairs as synonyms and thus violate the principle of Contrast ?
3 Could she really disregard that side of his nature which was so repellent to her ?
4 He 's really enjoying that apple , I says er , and it 's a waste of time er , eating anything !
5 Oh do you really think any footballer 's worth all that ?
6 ‘ You did n't really think some sort of Grandson Richard , 39 , was going to swoop down out of the sky and carry us off to Florida , did you ?
7 But will the increased availability of energy in the village really mean more energy for the very poor ?
8 apartments and I could n't believe how they they there there could work up such a system and I 'm serious , I I really mean this Mr Chairman , it is serious .
9 And then what really bugs those people is seeing me keep catching up with them .
10 The attendant under his arm said , " That was n't exactly what I meant ; just adding a " now " on to the start does n't really make much difference .
11 But this is the way you could really make some money .
12 But er the these production investment activities are associated really with production engineering , er very closely aligned with development and erm unless you can do those between now and the end of nineteen ninety five , when we start the P I phase in nineteen ninety six before you can really make any progress you would then have to do a further year and a half of production engineering so in the new quotations Eurofighter are making a case for what they term a development assurance phase , some advance production engineering work starting later this year and going on until the end of ninety five but when we start P I in ninety six , we can start with a bang and make fast progress .
13 In any case , the phobia had been around for so long that one extra week would not really make any difference .
14 But even if we do n't , it wo n't really make any difference to the argument .
15 The fact that he 's only risking his career — and mine , and the government 's — does n't really make any difference .
16 Of course this is not strictly true , but it makes the explanation simpler , and after all it does n't really make any difference to the cost whether you pay for your bulb or tyre when it fails or at the next service .
17 That does n't really make any difference .
18 Let there be no way out of it ; let me really make this promise .
19 We could really make this place swing if only they gave us the data to work on , could n't we ? ’
20 At UMIST in Manchester , Professor Cary Cooper believes there 's one way to really make more firms take the matter seriously .
21 Suppose you are one of those people who really hates any form of organised exercise , what can you do ?
22 And whether Oxfam and others really make any difference .
23 And really make some decisions , is it worth .
24 A little later she indicates that I am partially returned to favour when I plan to write to The Times condemning the industrial action that was taken by the consultants : ‘ If he really produces this letter to The Times I shall begin to have some faith in him . ’
25 It really made all difference . ’
26 One very good one is on an ongoing story , ‘ At this stage , I have n't really gathered enough information to make a positive comment . ’
27 ‘ We really upset those Belgians — and Apoel are n't anywhere near as good as Antwerp who went on to reach the final .
28 There 's only half the class so you ca n't really throw many eggs and rotten tomatoes and things can you ?
29 See he does n't really want much brown on him he just needs a coat .
30 The two colours do n't go too badly together but er I 'm not so sure that I would really want that hanging on the wall , I , it does n't really appeal to me very much .
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