Example sentences of "but was [not/n't] quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was curiously sexual this feeling , exactly the way he had once or twice felt with a girl he was mad to make love to and who he thought would let him but was not quite sure , not absolutely sure . |
| 2 | " Eheu , fugaces ! " she thought and almost said , but was not quite sure how to pronounce it . |
| 3 | This was built by Steve Wolf ( who also has a Pitts Samson replica ) , and Delmar Benjamin , but was not quite complete when displayed at Oshkosh . |
| 4 | One of the crossbows on the wall is magical , but was n't quite enchanted properly . |
| 5 | He realized that she was pleading for- some reason , but was n't quite sure why . |
| 6 | He was getting the message , but was n't quite sure She was seventeen . |
| 7 | Membership in the human race was a psychological crutch she knew she could do without , but was n't quite ready to throw away yet . |