Example sentences of "really [vb infin] what [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Will really yield what I want it to .
2 We think , but we do n't really know what they were saying to each other behind closed doors .
3 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 .
4 Only then did it emerge that the settlers did not really know what they intended to do .
5 I do n't really know what they think , or if they think , or if they give a shit about any of it in any case .
6 The guys running the club do n't really know what they 're doing .
7 Erm , at the start it was a bit higgledy-piggly , they did n't really know what they was doing , I felt anyway .
8 He was getting a bit frustrated , they did n't really know what they were supposed to be doing .
9 To buy secondhand is a risk as we do n't really know what we are purchasing .
10 ‘ Only , ’ she said aloud , ‘ only , we do not really know what we are looking for . ’
11 The more it rains , the fuller the stream will get and the bigger the problem , so really , time is the most important factor , especially as we do n't really know what we 're going to find when we get down there . ’
12 I still do n't really know what it was about birds of prey that fascinated me .
13 She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing .
14 I mean , how can you really know what it 's like without trying it ?
15 And the thing that was said a lot was a Slippery Elm stick , well I still do n't really know what it was but er it was a kind of a s , bark of the Slippery Elms , a Slippery Elm bark or something and they sharpened it to a point and inserted that into the womb you see and it was done , and then of course I heard a lot about gin , sitting in a hot bath with gin .
16 You do n't really know what it is .
17 I do n't really know what it is .
18 Well I do n't really know what it , not really
19 Well well I want to understand more about Kuwait , though , as a result of this programme , and a lot of people do n't really know what it means to be Kuwaiti .
20 I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time .
21 Do n't really know what I am . ’
22 I think I met her once , I said , ‘ Look I do n't really know what I 'm doing ’ .
23 ‘ I do n't really know what I 'll do when I pack up , but I 'll quite probably end up with my tools back in Hartlepool .
24 I do n't believe it , paid all that money for a digital said look at the about stuff , at the end of the day they , he is five a side football stuff like that , had I 've been thinking about joining again , but I do n't really know what I 'm gon na do after Christmas now even Karen said she would n't mind joining but I tried , I managed to put her off that idea .
25 You , you might think , ooh I do n't really know what I 'm doing at the moment er perhaps I could n't do it on my own .
26 Do n't keep using expressions such as ‘ You know ’ , ‘ Like ’ , ‘ Er … ’ or ‘ Um … ’ — they all make it sound as if you do n't really know what you 're talking about .
27 ‘ Otherwise , I do n't really know what you mean . ’
28 ‘ Does he really know what he 's doing , Karim ? ’
29 No movement that he could see , with or without the aid of the binoculars — but then he did n't really know what he was looking for , whilst Windeler had seemed far more assured .
30 I was a bit flustered at the time so I do n't really know what he said .
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