Example sentences of "[be] not really [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ said the reporter , ‘ We 're not really that kind of paper . ’ |
| 2 | hairs all over them , sort of asexual , they 're not really any sex |
| 3 | So kicking the cat , biting a towel or pounding a pillow are n't really much use , except for letting off steam . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , many people seem to take it as a personal insult ( on behalf of their garden ) if one says that there are n't really any plants or flowers worth pressing , so to prevent any hurt feelings I usually try to pick a few items that are possible candidates for pressing , which seems to go down much better than completely refusing someone 's kind offer . |
| 5 | There were n't really any flowers in the garden that would look good on the table . |
| 6 | This is not really another discipline , just another way of running a race . |
| 7 | There 's not really much choice left by the time we get to the front of the queue . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There 's not really much room in here , you know . |
| 9 | And it 's not , you know , it 's not really much chemistry in it , especially if they do n't ask you f for this er equation but they just give it to you . |
| 10 | Unless it means something to you it 's not really much point . |
| 11 | But you see the important thing about this scene is not what is taking place there it 's not really that Pilate is standing in , in the trial as the judge of Jesus , it 's not that Pilate has i , within his hands the power of life and death for Jesus , that 's not the important issue , that 's not the real significance of this incident , the real significance is that every one of us at some time or other stand in the same place that Pilate stood . |
| 12 | There 's not really many ghost stories on the island I do n't think . |
| 13 | and yet it 's not really any distance , into . |
| 14 | er the E C has really bought upon itself with the common agricultural policy a big animal that is very slow to move and it 's not really any advantages of each individual . |
| 15 | It is n't really much use then is it , just giving them a rough ? |
| 16 | She explains : ‘ There is n't really much time to rest or socialise , I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . |
| 17 | It is worth pointing out however that there is n't really much difference in speed ( or for that matter in fuel consumption ) between the 1.8 and the 2.0-litre . |
| 18 | Well t I mean to the extent that that is happening , that there is a development of trade on the sort of , you know , with the periphery of the empire and with erm areas outside the empire , and that was certainly happening in this period , I do n't see why it should have a significant impact on the peasant population because there is n't really any evidence that it 's , in a sense , trickling down and enriching the peasantry . |
| 19 | ‘ But there is n't really any choice , ’ said Fenella , firmly , and turned to the ornate silver door at the far end of the room . |
| 20 | ‘ There is n't really any danger , of course . |
| 21 | And you know the only reason you 've got a hang over and you know there is n't really any body else to blame but yourself , but that makes you want to look for a scape-goat , but the kid . |
| 22 | It was not really any use . |
| 23 | There was not really time to think about Caspar and there was not really any energy to spare to think about him , either . |
| 24 | Er and one of his findings was that there was not really enough liaison between erm groups of people in the community . |
| 25 | I I think what we may be able t I mean yes I think that what you may be able to do is jiggle things about so that , you do n't get much social psychology until the end I know I mean there was n't really much time |
| 26 | And there was n't really enough work for two people . |
| 27 | MV That is the and , of course , it was n't really any kind of socialism . |
| 28 | There was n't really any difficulty over it . |
| 29 | There was n't really any trace of another vehicle and neither the cops nor the Fire Officer had mentioned anything . |
| 30 | So what so traditional schools Thought that women did a lot of Recognized they thought that women did a lot of talking but that a lot of it was n't really any use . |