Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [not/n't] really be " in BNC.

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1 There 's tremendous pressure on agencies to , you know , to send in the medicines , to send in the blankets , when they may not really be needed .
2 They should n't really be doing .
3 erm it 's difficult to say , but erm again that 's something they 're looking at over the next couple of weeks , but perhaps along last year 's lines — they should n't really be any higher than last year .
4 They could n't really be , could they ?
5 Items which are physically attached to the front cover gain in that they could not really be more prominently displayed and are bound to reach all the purchasers of the magazine .
6 Then Monica , in apparently wanting the ITF to change the Olympic eligibility rules to suit top players who did not want to qualify by playing in the Federation Cup , said ‘ without Gabriela , Martina or I in the Olympics , they would n't really be the Olympics and Steffi could win the gold medal playing left-handed . ’
7 So again they would n't really be entitled to money back in cases like that .
8 They ca n't really be friends , ’ said Bernice as she worked on repairs to the faulty connection .
9 He says that scientists have certain tests they need to carry out , they ca n't really be sure how she died until shis has been done .
10 ‘ They are not a problem , they have no obvious needs , hence they can not really be elderly . ’
11 There is a good case for excluding these economically inactive people since they can not really be described as capable and available for full-time work .
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