Example sentences of "not really [verb] see " in BNC.

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1 She did not really expect to see them again .
2 And as he watched , not really wanting to see but unable to tear his eyes away , he heard the death cart coming , trundling through the empty streets with the hooded ghouls of the burial squad walking along beside it tolling their bells .
3 Unaware of the news which had spread swiftly throughout the city , Wilson returned to the Casa Guidi late in the evening , not really thinking to see Mrs Browning again but wishing to enquire after her and to take a knead cake she had made specially .
4 That will not just include the admission of new partners and the nature of the partnership business ( which in the case of solicitors can not really changeand see ss24(7) and ( 8 ) above ) but will extend to matters of policysetting up new departments to take on types of work not previously accepted or closing departments which have proved unprofitable , opening and closing branch offices , expelling partners , changes to the name of the firm , raising additional capital from the partners themselves or by way of loan , and other matters which one way or another can significantly affect the liabilities of each partner .
5 We 're not really going to see that old cook , are we ? ’
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