Example sentences of "have never quite [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Colonel Fagg has never quite come to terms with the end of the Second World War , I 'm afraid , Elsa . |
| 2 | Six years — six years in which I 've never quite succeeded in getting you out of my mind . ’ |
| 3 | The first seven frames had never quite pointed to such a convincing victory but once Hendry had forged clear at 6-3 , the writing was on the wall for his Bangkok challenger . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had never quite recovered from the efforts to please she had made then . |
| 5 | We have never quite shaken off its effects . |
| 6 | Michael Crawford 's career , until now , has been a series of brilliant firework bursts which have never quite ignited into an enduring setpiece that sets the sky alight . |