Example sentences of "[noun prp] really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People say : ‘ Students are by definition idealistic and impatient — would Mugabe really want them to be any different ? |
| 2 | Does Papert really believe that , without radical political steps , robot turtles can bring rich rewards in dealing with technologically advanced nations ? |
| 3 | Did Dana really think she would tell her ? |
| 4 | Did Sue really mean to hand her love over like an old parcel ? |
| 5 | Staring up at him , confused and warm , but no longer frightened , yet not quite sure what to say , what response to make , she asked huskily , ‘ Did Phena really leave because of me ? ’ |
| 6 | Does the BBC really want to be inhumane ? |
| 7 | ‘ Does Jason really know , ’ I said slowly , ‘ what Paul Shacklebury knew ? |
| 8 | Does Greenfield really believe that oral societies lack these functions of language ? |
| 9 | Does Mr Baker really believe that such dishonesty and repression provide a ‘ strong family background ’ ? |
| 10 | Their presence on the island once again poses the question : to which side of the Wallace Line does Sulawesi really belong ? |
| 11 | Did John Dyson really have a fight with a man called Cox , or did you make all that up ? |
| 12 | Does Patrick Jenkin really believe that microelectronics holds any hope for the unemployed ( The unemployed can not blame automation , 24 February , p 526 ) ? |
| 13 | Did God really care that the Lord 's Anointed , blessed with royal oils on hands , feet and brow , the descendant of St. Margaret with the blood of Edward the Confessor in his veins , had been destroyed , brought low , murdered , tossed off the top of a cliff like a spent leaf blown in the wind ? |
| 14 | I knew nothing about this convicting work of the Spirit in her , until a week later when she rang me from Halifax and asked , ‘ Does God really harden people 's hearts ? ’ |
| 15 | Athelstan translated as he read aloud : ‘ Did God really say you were not to eat any of this tree in the garden ? ’ |
| 16 | Did de Gaulle really believe in it ? |
| 17 | Cutting Edge : Mondays at 9pm. 9th , Planning : Conservation v development — does North Cornwall really need new leisure facilities ? |
| 18 | ‘ Would Peter really mind ? ’ he went on , oblivious to all this . |
| 19 | Did Ray Shepherd really intend to harm them ? |
| 20 | And she goes , does erm your friend , does Terry really like my friend ? |
| 21 | Does America really need to leap a whole generation ahead in fighter technology , to build an aeroplane that can beat undreamed-of Russian fighters of the undreamed-of Russia of the next century ? |
| 22 | ‘ Did Cheryl really say that ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Did Cheryl really say that she loves me ? ’ |
| 24 | Or did Doris really come through ? |
| 25 | Did Burghgesh really die ? |
| 26 | With her career , like herself , in better shape than ever , could Cher really give it up to look after kids ? |
| 27 | Can John really have been so politically conservative ? |
| 28 | Did , one wonders , did Mr Evans really believe that , having observed the movement 's dismissive rejection of the Labour Government 's plea for moderation in the general interest , the electorate would return the Labour Party , the vehicle for trade unions ' political aspirations , to office ? |
| 29 | Did Mr Evans really believe that Hepzibah was a witch ? |
| 30 | Did Jaq Draco really believe these maxims ? |