Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [not/n't] quite [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'll not quite learn |
| 2 | There was a momentary reaction at the back of his eyes , though she could not quite manage to interpret it . |
| 3 | He was watching her closely , and she could not quite make out the expression in his eyes . |
| 4 | Thought of Miles and Miranda together at rehearsal came into her mind , and that made her feel , she could not quite analyse how they made her feel . |
| 5 | She , too , could be elusive , though she could not quite disguise the smile in her eyes as she said it . |
| 6 | But , in spite of the genuine excitement that possessed her , she could not quite banish from her mind a picture of that greetings card , signed ‘ From your dearest Nina ’ , that stood propped in one corner of Vass 's desk . |
| 7 | She spun round , but she could not quite see him . |
| 8 | The crows attacked and her movements were strangely slow and disorientated as if she could not quite see them , or make her wings and talons move as she intended . |
| 9 | Besides , when she , Cati , thought that she would have to go again to find Tommaso and arrange a further tryst , she was swept by apprehensions she could not quite name . |
| 10 | Now though she had met a young man and felt strange feelings which she could not quite understand . |
| 11 | She was still whispering to the gibbon to soothe it , but her innocent face was puzzled , as though she could not quite grasp everything that had happened . |
| 12 | It was absurd , but still she could not quite suppress the sisterly instinct to help him . |
| 13 | But what they were she could not quite put her finger on . |
| 14 | Her throat tightened on the word , as if even now she could n't quite admit it ; and she wondered how many other times she 'd made herself not hear . |
| 15 | Lucy was treating Jay like a delightful new acquaintance she could n't quite place or fit into her life . |
| 16 | She could n't quite locate the nature of that terror , she did n't know exactly what evil it was that would occur , but she felt it tangibly . |
| 17 | She went through phases when she felt intensely guilty , as if there were something that she could n't quite locate that she had done to provoke her mother 's wrath . |
| 18 | The weather was foul and despite all attempts by the owner to make the property look nice and homely she could n't quite hide the rainwater dripping through ceilings , black mould on walls with associated smells , or its generally poor condition . |
| 19 | She could n't quite bring herself to say the word aloud , but Luke had none of her reservations . |
| 20 | She longed to say it to his face , but somehow she could n't quite bring herself to do so , especially as they had just agreed to try to bring about a better working relationship . |
| 21 | But she could n't quite manage it : she remained a nice girl , just this side of safety . |
| 22 | Erm , they have n't had them in Suffolk , we 've had one or two try to join and one did reasonably well , but right at the end of , of the , of one of the tests , the strength tests , she failed , she could n't quite manage it erm |
| 23 | Now she was here , she could n't quite think what to say . |
| 24 | Victorine 's tale of … she could n't quite remember what . |
| 25 | There was a look in his eyes that she could n't quite remember seeing before , and she found it distinctly disturbing . |
| 26 | She could n't quite remember when it was that she 'd realized Georg took it for granted they 'd get married as soon as she was old enough . |
| 27 | Something she could n't quite articulate , an intuitive hostility to both the arguments and the conclusions they had just heard . |
| 28 | She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes . |
| 29 | The image was still nebulous , she could n't quite see it , though the cottage helped . |
| 30 | She could n't quite suppress a gasp of pain as those long , powerful fingers wrapped around her swollen wrist . |