Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] really be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
| 2 | So I 'd tell people that I should n't really be listening to them , and they 'd get quite upset … |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't really be coming , ’ said Elizabeth . |
| 4 | After the very earliest period of relative non-differentiation of functions , in which the ‘ literary ’ or ‘ artistic ’ had not or not fully separated out from the more generally ‘ cultural ’ , there had been this phase of specifically instituted artists , which should not really be described in terms taken from later phases , such as ‘ official recognition ’ or ‘ patronage ’ . |
| 5 | He declared that the boiler was a straightforward Stephenson saturated design which could n't really be improved . |
| 6 | But on top of that one must then look into the future , the future supply of such properties , and the future o er of a whole range of issues which may occur locally and which can only really be decided by the district councils in their local plan work . |
| 7 | ‘ You should n't really be looking at my eyes , ’ she said . |
| 8 | This can be difficult if part of you thinks it is wrong and you should n't really be doing it . |
| 9 | She could not really be hearing all this , could she ? |
| 10 | Surely she could n't really be having this ridiculous conversation ? |
| 11 | But at your age you know so many words you could n't really be expected to spell all of them and you 're you 're thinking Oh whatever I do I every word I write down is wrong . |
| 12 | Yeah you ca n't really be listening to what I 'm saying cos you cos I have n't finished yet . |
| 13 | Now this is very common you do n't know what you 're working with so you ca n't really be expected even if you get the answer if |
| 14 | With that , the situation transcends the initial paradigmatic form or structure of coercion ; for if people do n't mind doing what you want them to do , you ca n't really be making them do it . |
| 15 | Peggy thought she knew of at least another ten people who would not really be mourning the death of Henry Phipps . |
| 16 | yo you know , I mean i i i if Andrew were saying he 's he 's he 's pretty limited at maths you would n't really be meaning limited in maths , you 'd be meaning lim , limited in |
| 17 | But I have often asked myself what it is that drew me to Sibelius 's music and I think it is that he is a composer who can not really be compared to anyone else . |
| 18 | So I think you 've got to look at this as er saying well , if you get external advice , at least you 're covered and er I mean er if a , if a company 's in difficulties , we perhaps would know before you would , erm that erm you know that we should n't really be investing with them . |
| 19 | But Mr Baker argued that we could not really be said to have a national system at all when there is no nationally agreed curriculum . |
| 20 | Although we may be qualified to do so in certain areas , mainly commercial , we could not really be considered a top-class rugby-playing country strength-wise and have therefore decided not to bid . |
| 21 | The claim that none of our beliefs about the future are ever justified is more important and more interesting than the claim that although our belief that the sun will rise tomorrow is quite probably both true and justified , we can not really be said to know that the sun will rise tomorrow . |
| 22 | There 's tremendous pressure on agencies to , you know , to send in the medicines , to send in the blankets , when they may not really be needed . |
| 23 | They should n't really be doing . |
| 24 | There is a good case for excluding these economically inactive people since they can not really be described as capable and available for full-time work . |
| 25 | ‘ Ye see , he 's been sick in bed and he should n't really be drinking . ’ |
| 26 | He is a good midfielder but without the goals he 'll never really be considered a great player . |
| 27 | It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here . |
| 28 | If they are not reasonably constant , then not only is the model er a poor one , right , within sample but it ca n't really be used for out of sample predictions , because although on average er our coefficient that we estimate it might be nought point five , then the out of sample could well be minus six or something like that . |
| 29 | She told herself , it would not really be doing something for Andrée if it did not come hard . |
| 30 | It wo n't really be wasting it , you know . |