Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [not/n't] exactly " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't exactly try to imagine what was happening in my body . |
| 2 | Op Wolf -style games are pretty thick on the ground , so when I discovered Predator II was yet another one , I did n't exactly jump for joy . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , when it came to it , I did n't exactly see you rushing up ready to shake him by the finger , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't exactly fight her off . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't exactly want one of the Corporals to come up , put his arm around me and say ‘ Tell me all your problems ’ , but I felt bloody intimidated by the impersonal approach . |
| 6 | " I did n't exactly describe it accurately . |
| 7 | ‘ I have to be honest , Ali , I did n't exactly drive out here just to see you . |
| 8 | I did n't exactly have a presentiment — certainly not of anything like this happening . |
| 9 | I did n't exactly try to sneak out of the Court ; funnily enough , most Courts are n't designed with that in mind . |
| 10 | ‘ For the loss of my watch I did n't exactly come up trumps in the breakfast lottery . |
| 11 | I did n't like being called a rowdie , but then I did n't exactly have the time or resources to sue for defamation , if that 's the legal terminology for someone who slags you off in public . |
| 12 | I did n't exactly run up the steps to No. 9 , but I did n't hang about either . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't exactly mean that … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't exactly do it for nothing , ’ Nelson said . |
| 15 | The specialist gave him a series of injections which did n't exactly help him feel happy . |
| 16 | ‘ You did n't exactly carry on like a pacifist yourself , ’ she retorted evasively , mouth reproachful . |
| 17 | She did n't exactly pray , she kept up some kind of attention , a vigil , the whole time ; she never dared let up . |
| 18 | She did n't exactly like him , either , but he had a kind of integrity that you did n't find in many people — not even in Belle , really , because Belle 's attitude , although always straightforward , varied according to what she thought about you . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , she did n't exactly overreact , ’ said Melissa as she rejoined Rose . |
| 20 | She did n't exactly like the situation , but it was no big deal for her . |
| 21 | She even introduced me to my wife , but she knows she did n't exactly do either me or Rachel a favour that time . ’ |
| 22 | She did n't exactly flee — she was n't physically capable of it — but it felt like that , and the stairs were an almighty pest , stretching as they did almost endlessly . |
| 23 | She did n't exactly replace it with a thump , but she saw fitzAlan glance at her before he sat up cautiously . |
| 24 | As I said , she did n't exactly seem enthralled to see me . ’ |
| 25 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 26 | She did n't exactly throw herself against the door , but she began to beat on it with her fists . |
| 27 | She had not exactly said ‘ wet ’ and ‘ weedy ’ , but ‘ quiet ’ and ‘ sympathetic ’ , and Hoomey supposed that showed her tact , because he thought that was what she meant . |
| 28 | She had not exactly been reading Tennyson but had remembered John quoting one of his poems during the first days of their acquaintance . |
| 29 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 30 | We did n't exactly hit it off . ’ |