Example sentences of "they [verb] n't quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | And finally gives charts the kind of breathing space they did n't quite have before . |
| 2 | They did n't quite tell us that we 'd never had it so good , but the impression they gave was that if we trusted Honest John and Uncle Norman to look after the nation 's piggy bank , all would be well . |
| 3 | They were all in a meeting , and they did n't quite know how to deal with me — I was the first celebrity ever to have gone . |
| 4 | And er they said they wanted a nurse , this child had been very sick and they did n't quite know what was wrong with him . |
| 5 | Rose and Mary were for once showing a united front and refused to leave the kitchen because they did n't quite like the way the young women from the town who had come to be waitresses were poking and prying into their cupboards with their noses in the air . |
| 6 | Well Richard , we all know what they did n't quite mix . |
| 7 | It went down great , they enjoyed it , although they did n't quite know what to think , because we were both rockabilly . ’ |
| 8 | Except they did n't quite say non , one word . |
| 9 | Expanded metal arch kits , once they have been plastered over , present a smooth wall face , and can be wallpapered around fairly easily , but they do n't quite have the character of the moulded fibrous plaster . |
| 10 | They do n't quite get it . |
| 11 | It 's , I , I mean these , these , the work with , with the original action network seems to , seems to come and go , you 've got a very large amount at one point and then nothing for sometime , it just depends er , I think which country they 're targeting and how much there is , because we had quite a lot on Malawi did n't we during the early part on last year not much on South Africa recently , as if they do n't quite know what to do , you know with the situation there it 's not quite er clarified . |
| 12 | Erm by the city in the city institutions of London he 's seen as quite a a robust character but they do n't quite see eye to eye on the issues of the company . |
| 13 | In some way they do n't quite articulate , they feel that he 's what they would call unreliable . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ His ears — they do n't quite match . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The EC document suggests that on technical criteria , they do n't quite make it , and a political decision will have to be made . |
| 16 | They had n't quite known whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the overnight delay , but they were adamant in their belief that none of these parents was capable of doing the things stated in the allegations against them . |
| 17 | Some bibles say that , that they 've come to this , at the end of the day , they had n't quite , had it at that point anyway , cos they 'd approached it cos they were still alive were n't they ? |
| 18 | It 's the most difficult time , it 's full of frustrations , they 're growing , er they need finance that they have n't quite thought about , there are surprises during that period . |
| 19 | If they have n't quite got it , then we may need to re-do parts of it . |
| 20 | Yes , yes , he is William , erm , the there are sixteen of the item outstanding on this order , eight required on this order and he says they have n't quite tested eight yet . |
| 21 | Some of the have passed test but they have n't quite got to eight yet , so erm . |
| 22 | Well er Nat West have been very quiet about Action Line erm because they have n't quite got the the , the , all the firmware sorted out yet but it 's absolutely fantastic , you know |
| 23 | I had it yesterday but you know how you just sort of start to get it , you 've got all the germs but they have n't quite come out ? |