Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't really be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got there on one A-level and kept thinking I should n't really be here . |
| 2 | ‘ I should n't really be here . |
| 3 | Anyway , it 's your$ , it 's no business of mine at all , I should n't really be here . |
| 4 | I should n't really be here now , but we had a very quiet surgery . |
| 5 | What 's that yellow light on there that should n't really be on should it that one over there look . |
| 6 | erm it 's difficult to say , but erm again that 's something they 're looking at over the next couple of weeks , but perhaps along last year 's lines — they should n't really be any higher than last year . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , that old duvet 's bound to cover most of the important parts of my body , and the chances of the pilot on the fire blowing out again and gassing me in my sleep ca n't really be that high , ’ I said . |
| 8 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |
| 9 | We ca n't really be out of er eye shot of the car is it ? |