Example sentences of "not really [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lack of spontaneity suggests a high degree of calculation , looking at a situation as if one was not really part of it . |
| 2 | It 's not really part of Foulness — if you look closely you can see that it 's cut off from Foulness proper by a sort of strait linking the rivers Roach and Crouch . |
| 3 | Though its ruler , Nasr-ed-Din Shah , visited Europe several times from the early 1870s onwards , and also established diplomatic representatives there , until the end of the nineteenth century Persia was not really part of the contemporary world . |
| 4 | Even his serve , which he does not really rate as a weapon , could hardly have been faulted . |
| 5 | Oh he 's not really sort of speaking to me . |
| 6 | It 's not really lowland in south of England terms , but the area ca n't be called mountainous . |
| 7 | But yes I 'm sure you can be a missionary in Harlow and I 'd like to think that maybe I could erm increase that work and maybe have an afternoon a week where I could talk to people about God , but I think there 's not really time in a ten minute surgery slot . |
| 8 | The crying baby is being expressive , although her cries are not really language at all , but instinctive reactions to the environment . |
| 9 | There 's not really wildlife in it 's just a back grass area ! |
| 10 | This means that , strictly speaking , so-called outer perception is not really perception at all . |