Example sentences of "i [vb base] not quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falstaff as ‘ a masculine decayed cornucopious form of the love goddess ’ is amusing as a paradox , though how the boar can be both Mars and Persephone I do not quite see . |
| 2 | Mr Boyd had patients waiting , a fact I do not quite understand , since he had just told Boswell and Johnson the story of one of Lord Errol 's tenants . |
| 3 | I do n't quite know what you want . ’ |
| 4 | He stared into his brandy and then , rather sourly for such a charming man , said , ‘ I 'm afraid that I do n't quite follow you , Bodo . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid I do n't quite follow you , sir . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't quite see how , Judy . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The thief did that , ’ she told him , ‘ and I do n't quite know how I can repair it . |
| 8 | I do n't quite know why , but anyhow if they do feel old at 75 , then they ought to be shaken up a bit . |
| 9 | I do n't quite know what it means . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't quite follow . ’ |
| 11 | But I do n't quite buy that . |
| 12 | ( Not , by the way , that I have my heart particularly set on a boy but , having grown up with only brothers , I do n't quite know what the female clichés look like . ) |
| 13 | Presently , he said , ‘ If it 's going to help , by all means interview Edna , but I do n't quite see how raking up the past , digging into something which might be better left alone , is going to get Celia over this illness , turn her into a normal woman again . ’ |
| 14 | I have n't made up my mind just yet , indeed , I do n't quite know what to do . |
| 15 | I do n't quite know , ’ Matilda said . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't quite know , ’ Matilda said truthfully . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't quite understand . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't quite understand ? ’ |
| 19 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 20 | ‘ I might have done , only I 'm expecting my brother to pin me , I do n't quite know when . |
| 21 | I do n't quite know what it is , but it 's more than looks . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't quite know how we 'll manage it , ’ Anna said , ‘ But we will , somehow . |
| 23 | All I 'd say is that I do n't quite agree with Stuart 's description of that summer with Oliver . |
| 24 | But I do n't quite understand the purpose of this outing . ’ |
| 25 | " I do n't quite know whether it 's you who 've persuaded me , Fiver . |
| 26 | I do n't , I do n't I mean I do n't quite agree with what you 're saying cos you seem to be saying whatever party 's in power in local government it 's gon na be exactly the same |
| 27 | you know , where I belong , I , I do n't quite honestly do n't really like Harlow New Town any more , I al I did up until about oh eight or nine years ago I thought it was a great place and all , all the cockneys that said , you know , oh I 'd love to be back in London , I thought they were barmy , you know to live in London the di the difference is , I mean my husband 's a cockney and he would n't , would never , well now he would never go back to London you know , it 's a dump , he , he likes Harlow , but er I think I do n't like it now because it 's expanded so much , you know when we , when we were first here , mind you when we first moved in it was ever so difficult for us kids because , there , there was the Old Town kids versus the New Town kids and they hated us , they really |
| 28 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 29 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 30 | I do n't quite follow . ’ |