Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] be really " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony could not believe it was really happening . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think we 're really wacky , ’ considers second bassist Mat , recovering from a fit of laughter . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think we 're really wacky , ’ considers second bassist Mat , recovering from a fit of laughter . |
| 4 | Actually I do n't think they are really you know ! |
| 5 | But I do n't think they were really going out together . ’ |
| 6 | So she says I do n't think she 's really capable of getting any . |
| 7 | I do n't think she 's really that ill . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think you 're really interested in getting seriously involved . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't think I 'm really a naturally disciplined person , but now I ca n't help it . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm really any different , ’ said Ruth . |
| 11 | And besides , ’ she added with a touch of spite , ‘ I do n't think I 'm really cut out to be a member of your harem . ’ |
| 12 | Well , I do n't think I was really ready to come off before . |
| 13 | Not that she did n't think I was really rude before . |
| 14 | He does n't know himself — I do n't think he 's really taken it in yet . |
| 15 | I do n't think he 's really interested ; but , on the other hand , he would n't refuse me anything . |
| 16 | he was so carried away with Newley that I believe quite unconsciously , Newley crept into Bowie 's voice and , as you know , he 's been accused of copying Tony Newley , but I do n't think he was really aware of what he was doing at that time . |
| 17 | I don I sir I do n't think it 's really in bad taste and I know it 's terrible but it 's it 's got ta it 's out there to prove the point and it is the only way to prove it the revealing that is erm |
| 18 | but I do n't think it 's really worth worrying too much about whether he 's fascist or communist because erm the only reason really there 's only link between him and Russia and the play is A is the opposite of America , in other words George and B because his name Khrushchev which links it to the leader of the er |
| 19 | I 'm too happy about sort of passing on er you know friends ' names and addresses er I do n't think it 's really appropriate . |
| 20 | I do n't think it 's really clean , and they charge you for it ! |
| 21 | I do n't think it 's really a question of public schools , except in so far as so many public schools are all boys . |
| 22 | Well I 've never had the experience and I do n't think my family have , I er no I should n't think it was really , they might , I suppose somebody , they used to have a reputation at one time these chemists was doing minor , giving you something for some minor ailment , but I would n't care to sort of er , I 'd never think of it , no there were quite a lot of doctors about you know , there was er Doctor at the top of Road and there was Doctor , Doctor oh there was a lot of doctors about . |
| 23 | I did n't think it was really much better than any |
| 24 | No , so we do n't know we 're really safe in some premises , because the District Council may not have asked . |
| 25 | ‘ I still ca n't believe it 's really happening , ’ Alice said . |
| 26 | I ca n't believe it 's really happening . |
| 27 | He was so white , so still , she could n't believe it was really him . |
| 28 | She was bubbling over with words and explanations and kept pumping my arm and staring at my face as though she could n't believe it was really me . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't believe it was really you . |
| 30 | She sat down and began to pour out the tea and , her voice still quiet , she went on , ‘ I do n't suppose it 's really so bad for you , instructing or teaching , whatever it is you do , but in the Naafi , amidst the clatter — ’ she now looked at him and her words were spaced as she went on , ‘ and the chaff and the ribbing ; well , I sometimes think I have died and gone to hell , because that 's what I think hell must be like ; constant joking , especially when you hear the same thing repeated over and over again . ’ |