Example sentences of "[adj] was [not/n't] quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some lads near me thought this was n't quite right , and spent most of the first half trying to think up a new Forrester song , to the tune of Monty Python 's ‘ I 'm a lumberjack ’ . |
| 2 | It was OK for her to do this kind of thing when in a mediumistic trance , but this was n't quite that , was it ? |
| 3 | I wanted to tell her this was n't quite true , that I had had no choice , but her grey , tired look stopped me : it would hurt her too much , I thought , to feel I had not trusted her with the truth in the beginning . |
| 4 | This was n't quite true but all these books made her heart sink . |
| 5 | This was not quite all that was required for the smooth working of the world economy which was at its height in 1914 . |
| 6 | Afterwards she came into the kitchen while I washed her clothes and hung them on a bush in the garden to dry — and there was nothing in our words or manner to suggest that all this was not quite ordinary and everyday . |
| 7 | This was not quite ready when Mozart set off for Munich and so Mozart 's letters to his father , who acted as intermediary between him and the librettist , reveal a great deal of the process of writing . |
| 8 | Joanne sensed that this was not quite true as she was aware that there were children within her classes who had not learned what she thought she had taught them . |
| 9 | Then she saw that that was not quite right , because their features were very different . |
| 10 | That was not quite truthful . |
| 11 | Cue Merton punchline : ‘ Mind you , that was n't quite such good news for our next-door neighbours , Mr and Mrs Doodlebug . ’ |
| 12 | I could n't say that I felt very well for that was n't quite true , but I certainly no longer felt ill . |
| 13 | That was n't quite true . |
| 14 | That was n't quite true . |
| 15 | No , that was n't quite true , she corrected herself , frowning . |
| 16 | No , that was n't quite true . |