Example sentences of "[pron] really [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I really came to see Sophie , but I could n't resist calling on you first . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ However , ’ Benjamin stared at Rachel , his face betraying his hurt at being used by her , ‘ only after examining the Templar chapel following Damien 's death did I really begin to suspect Mistress Rachel . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not sure I really want to watch Arsenal , but they are not playing that well and it 's going to be a phenomenal game . ’ |
| 4 | Ian had a decision coming up : whether to fly home from Miami or to get illegal work in the States and travel some more : ‘ I really want to see Alaska . ’ |
| 5 | " I really want to see Mr. Preston himself , " the man said drawing out a card . |
| 6 | Then I decided I really wanted to do music again , started taking care of myself and now things are a lot better . ’ |
| 7 | I really wanted to meet people I felt far more at ease with and at that time it was the still the punk era and I met a lot of other people who were into that . |
| 8 | CHRISTOPHER : Well , I really wanted to study art . |
| 9 | I really wanted to study French at university , since I was interested in languages . |
| 10 | She was not sure she really wanted to acquire Preston just yet . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to see the traction engines in a minute , ’ said Betty , looking round ; but Lydia knew that she really wanted to see Beuno , since it was n't long since she herself had been in love and she recognised the signs . |
| 12 | They saw that she really wanted to change things at the factory , and everyone agreed with her that safety was very important . |
| 13 | ‘ My daughter goes back to school this week after the half-term break and she really wants to know Penny is all right before she goes . |
| 14 | But those who really wish to curry favour with Mad Carew can sponsor a five-course dinner plus wine for two for £70 and get a generous mention on this page . |
| 15 | And even if you did , then who really wants to see tries scored so easily and so readily ? |
| 16 | ‘ Who are you really trying to make excuses for , Maria ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Alfred , ’ he said , plucking up courage , ‘ did you really threaten to kill Sir Thomas ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The big question is : do you really want to stop smoking ? |
| 19 | Whenever one of the family is seen responding to their dog 's demands , he or she must pay 10p ( or 50p if you really want to see motivation at work ! ) into the other 's boxes . |
| 20 | I 'd say , if you really want to emulate Jimi , buy a second-hand Strat and turn it upside down yourself . |
| 21 | The last set of ideas which I want to discuss , which is not which are only partly related as a matter of fact to the erm ideas of the punctuationists , are the ideas , which , as a matter of fact my colleagues here Brian Goodwin and Gerry Webster have been particularly clear and eloquent advocates , which say in effect that if you really want to understand evolution , merely thinking about the adaptation of organisms to some kind of environment is not really an adequate way of thinking about it , because when you look at organisms , look at vertebrates for example , you 'll find an astonishing range of kinds of ways of life . |
| 22 | To get the best out of your wildlife garden , you really need to echo nature . |
| 23 | To find out more about the different makes of plumbing fittings , you really need to get hold of the manufacturers ' catalogues . |
| 24 | And , in a sense , we 've , just to complete what we 've been talking about so far , there 's always the question of press and magazines and house style , just to remind you that you really need to study formats if you 're going to try and as a freelance we talked about that yesterday . |
| 25 | ‘ But would you really like to look flamboyant ? |
| 26 | Do we really want to develop trade with a country whose Government sanctions the murderous fatwa placed upon the shoulders of Salman Rushdie ? |
| 27 | If we really want to empower minority students , he says , educators themselves must find out why students are failing and how they can be helped . |
| 28 | If we really want to fight AIDS then let's turn our anger on the newspapers who spread lies and distortions ; on a government that refuses to put money into AIDS education and research and those drug companies that appear more interested in patents than cures . |
| 29 | If we really want to help children develop an awareness of which aspects of mathematics are universal , then it is essential that we extend the range of examples we use to illustrate abstract points , demonstrating more clearly how generalisations have been formed from examining patterns across individual instances . |
| 30 | erm the I mean we have a pentadactyl limb , whether we climb or run or fly or swim , you can recognise an obvious deep anatomical resemblance between the limbs of organisms behaving as differently as that , and therefore that if we really want to understand evolution we have to understand these erm , I do n't know whether one wants to call them plans or archetypes , or structures , call them what you will . |