Example sentences of "n't really [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was n't me , ’ a man can say after some foul abomination such as hitting his wife or putting his penis in a prostitute 's dribbling mouth , ‘ It was n't really me . |
| 2 | The record company tried to force me to do more songy-type albums and it was n't really me , trying to be very commercial . |
| 3 | I was starting to get that unreal sense , the dream feeling I 'd had on invasion day all that time ago ; the idea that it was n't really me who was going through all this . |
| 4 | But I mean we 've always wanted to utilize this but we ca n't really we built that wall here and it 's just a this is the back of the disco . |
| 5 | It is quite common , in everyday discourse , to say things like ‘ I was n't really myself ’ or ‘ It was n't like me to do that ’ . |
| 6 | It was n't really her , just a wax effigy , a place where she used to be . |
| 7 | Although the audience nodded their heads through all this , it was n't really what they had come to see . |
| 8 | There was a paper , the Villager , but a parish pump periodical was n't really what the place needed . |
| 9 | I mean the schools they went to were n't er were n't really what I was used to you know . |
| 10 | was standing near the washing machine , , Simon gave him a filthy look , I said look I apologize for I 'd completely forgot that you were coming to collect he said I know I can see that , he had n't really what with the kids all running around and , so quickly got them and er , I thought he got , did you bring your cheque round ? |
| 11 | But at the end of the day , it ai n't really what I want to do . |
| 12 | But she could n't really what 's er , er |
| 13 | It was n't really him . |
| 14 | It was n't really their Auntie 's pub , but she worked there and it had been convenient to make all the arrangements on a friendly family footing . |
| 15 | it was n't really their fault , there was a big factory |
| 16 | They look as though they they do n't really they actually intransitive . |
| 17 | did n't really they should of |
| 18 | They were n't really they were just like |
| 19 | Opening crates was n't really her ‘ thing ’ . |
| 20 | Apart from anything else , history was n't really her thing . |
| 21 | The second time was n't really ours because Giraldo |
| 22 | If you try to be someone you 're not , or follow a market that is n't really your own style , boy , you 're going to get caught out ! |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ said Nerina , ‘ I understand he is n't really your husband . |
| 24 | But then Andi is n't really your average rock babe . |
| 25 | This new zeal was strange in a way because John was n't really our idea , but Malcolm 's . |
| 26 | Carpet company boss Richard Atherton said : ‘ I have apologised but it was n't really our fault . |
| 27 | ‘ As gifts are n't really yours till you 've said thank you , ’ Mum continued , ‘ I 've put them away for now . ’ |
| 28 | None of the things that happened before you were born were your fault ; they were n't really anyone 's fault , if it comes to that — simply the capricious workings of fate . |
| 29 | Embsay General Manager Mr Stephen Walker explained : ‘ We certainly do celebrate our 25th anniversary next year but we wo n't be holding any big anniversary events and the loan of the 4F is n't really anything to do with this . |
| 30 | It was n't really anything I could be certain about . |