Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] really " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You forget that my husband 's death has never been proved , so I may not really be a widow , ’ she said , confused . |
| 2 | Suppose I must n't really , I 'm reading this morning . |
| 3 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 4 | As the French were favourites to beat us again I should not really be disappointed by the Cardiff result . |
| 5 | ‘ I should n't really haff talked to a stranger like that , ’ she thought , as she hurried back through the wood , ‘ especially a tramp , but if people drop paper about they really ought to be told , because they get other people into trouble . |
| 6 | So I 'd tell people that I should n't really be listening to them , and they 'd get quite upset … |
| 7 | ‘ I got there on one A-level and kept thinking I should n't really be here . |
| 8 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 9 | ‘ I should n't really be coming , ’ said Elizabeth . |
| 10 | ‘ I should n't really be here . |
| 11 | I 'm sure you 're very busy , and I know I should n't really ask you , but we could meet somewhere near your office … ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , it 's your$ , it 's no business of mine at all , I should n't really be here . |
| 13 | I should n't really be here now , but we had a very quiet surgery . |
| 14 | Oh , I should n't really ! |
| 15 | Part of it 's erm which I thought actually , I should n't really three of them each , you know he was getting silly |
| 16 | And er , I should n't really have started this over because Lawrence takes so long to go through it , erm , find Johnson waiting , think it right . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He said I I 'll I 'll I 'll never really know and I think now what was he was he praising me or blaming me , he said , And I 'll never know . |
| 19 | I do n't think it 's something I 'll ever really get over . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't really have been more lucky . ’ |
| 21 | In the twilight and without my glasses , I could n't really tell . |
| 22 | Clare is out for my blood of course , poor thing , but I could n't really help that . |
| 23 | I could n't really see what she was doing , but I did n't mind . |
| 24 | I could n't really understand what he was going on about , and I did n't like the way he shook my hand so blummin hard . |
| 25 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 26 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 27 | I could n't really cope with this separation , despite that fact that we live only about a minute from the SCBU . |
| 28 | Well , to tell you the truth , I hardly go into Salisbury myself , so I could n't really say what it 's like at close quarters . |
| 29 | I could n't really blame him , as most horses are suspicious of water at first , especially when they ca n't tell how deep it is . |
| 30 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |