Example sentences of "she [modal v] [not/n't] really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not really think that Havvie would marry her , once Sally-Anne jilted him — which she must , for in the face of that letter could she believe a single word he had said , or written , to her ? |
| 2 | Like Tom , she could not really see Liza in the role of ministering angel , nor could she imagine her out in all weathers driving a tractor . |
| 3 | But she could not really see herself with whatever it was : vase , or rug or necklace , trying to sell it . |
| 4 | She could not really let herself understand what he was saying , but she knew she had to speak out , to let him know it was not just the thought of her father that had brought her here . |
| 5 | To be honest , she could n't really blame him if he did feel that way , though none of her own actions had been deliberate . |
| 6 | Well , she could n't really blame this one on Adam Burns . |
| 7 | If he had changed his mind , she could n't really blame him . |
| 8 | ‘ At the end we were at her bedside and she could n't really speak — she was slipping in and out of coma — but she was able to squeeze my hand . |
| 9 | She could n't really believe that he 'd weakened sufficiently to accept her presence without further protest . |
| 10 | She could n't really remember anything , only that she had been knitting and then she had woken up in this bed with her nosy , bossy sister sitting beside her . |
| 11 | She could n't really remember . |
| 12 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 13 | It was too big for her when the boys left home , and she could n't really afford it any more . |
| 14 | Luke Travis 's idea of three minutes was far from precise , she thought , and she could n't really afford to wait much longer . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , everyone kept saying how beautiful she was but she could n't really have been a very nice girl , ’ Eleanor went on , her small mouth a prissy rosette of distaste . |
| 16 | Surely she could n't really have been so foolish as to fall in love with Guido Falcone ? |
| 17 | The other woman had caught her completely on the raw with her mention of the man she had seen Adam with , though to be honest she could n't really have said why . |
| 18 | Nothing wrong in his world , and should n't be in hers — and she could n't really understand why it was . |
| 19 | But she could n't really get away from him . |
| 20 | Cos she ca n't really do anything if she says no . |
| 21 | I decide that it does n't much matter as we are never going to talk this girl round to our way of thinking and anyway we are not breaking the law so she ca n't really stop us . |
| 22 | ‘ She ca n't really have been a witch . |
| 23 | I wonder whether , you know , she ca n't really write articles in English . |
| 24 | When Kitty said ‘ Oh , she wo n't really do that , ’ in an exasperated voice , it only added to his mystification . |
| 25 | Cos she wo n't really want that . |
| 26 | Everyone sends their love , and Mum says you 've got to come straight home because she wo n't really believe it till she sees you , ’ his brother enlarged . |
| 27 | personal problems that she she knows that if she loses her temper with you she wo n't really offend you . |
| 28 | Telling her she 's naughty probably wo n't have much effect on her at this stage , as she wo n't really understand what that means . |
| 29 | She can not really accept that she ‘ has the gene ’ and yet is unaffected . |
| 30 | Until these fundamentals are in place , she can not really begin . |