Example sentences of "really have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul 's house was always full of people and Steve did n't really have a home at all — when his mum remarried , his stepfather could n't stand him and did n't want him around . |
| 2 | Stewart , who had been playing well , hammered his first ball down the throat of third man , and with West Indies taking time-wasting tactics to the extreme — 16.5 overs in around two hours — England did not really have a hope . |
| 3 | When you listen to one of the rather better Kylie records , they have taken a girl who does n't really have a great voice , who is an actress , and slowly they have developed a career where she actually now has a sound which is similar to some of the girly groups in the 60 ’ s , in a totally different way . |
| 4 | Today , however , we do not really have a politics of opinion or of action — nothing is proposed that either stirs the blood or excites the mind . |
| 5 | When Jeeves is played out , someone should really have a look at the Mr Mulliner Hollywood satires . |
| 6 | Martin Tweedle , head of Heckmondwike Grammar , Kirklees , is under no illusions : ‘ If Labour 's manifesto is to be believed , we do n't really have a future . |
| 7 | Did she really have a two-storey house ? he wanted to know . |
| 8 | Once my father had been laid in his bed , I was a little uncertain as to how to proceed ; for while it seemed undesirable that I leave my father in such a condition , I did not really have a moment more to spare . |
| 9 | What do you think of that argument , you know , that law does n't really have a place in the intensive care unit ? |
| 10 | Most women do n't really have a very high opinion of themselves , so if you start treating them as something special they think , ‘ Oh God , sooner or later he 'll find out the truth , and then he 'll despise me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I do n't really have a personal favourite . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't really have a religion , ’ she said . |
| 13 | And one final thought — if I ever come across any Crenicichla species ‘ Xingu III they would fit very well into my tank , with the Uaru , and then I would really have a dream come true ! |
| 14 | We got together to practise in 1985 , and I wanted to do it then , but I do n't really have a drive to do it now . |
| 15 | ‘ Did n't really have a chance to talk to him . |
| 16 | The governing party does n't really have a position in the country . |
| 17 | It is to show that Britain does not really have a constitution at all , merely a system of government , even if some parts of it are more important to our democratic order than others or are treated ( perhaps : were treated until Mrs Thatcher 's time ) with greater veneration . |
| 18 | The cheques were in his name so I did n't really have a lot of say in it . |
| 19 | Such a theory is also required if we are to answer the question : Does time really have a beginning and , possibly , an end , as is predicted by classical general relativity , or are the singularities in the big bang and the big crunch smeared out in some way by quantum effects ? |
| 20 | Did John Dyson really have a fight with a man called Cox , or did you make all that up ? |
| 21 | ‘ Mr Connon , ’ he said as he busied himself with the kettle and the jar of instant coffee , ‘ I did n't really have a chance last night to explain myself to you very fully . |
| 22 | ‘ As I see it , Lisa , you do n't really have a great deal of room for manoeuvre . |
| 23 | By tomorrow the place will really have a look of ‘ business as usual ’ , and — ’ |
| 24 | Frankly , other GUIs of this type do n't really have a look in — there 's GEM , of course , and GEOWORKS , but neither now has the support of third party software houses to make their purchase a realistic option — a shame , really since both have plenty to offer . |
| 25 | In regards to of this motion , I do n't really have a great deal of trouble with that at all . |
| 26 | No , there 's no problem , I 'm just like , saying that , they sound really thick , they 're rubbish at being in a band , and it 's just all so down-hill for them from the beginning , really , they did n't really have a chance , did they . |
| 27 | He spoke of one boy ‘ who did n't really have a lot going for him ’ who managed to qualify to compete in regional athletics events . |
| 28 | I do n't really have a favourite performer . |
| 29 | ‘ Similarly , a region which felt hard done by a national government does not really have a remedy within the commission or the Court of Justice . ’ |
| 30 | The order of YAC probes shown in Fig 4 was also produced by probeorder , except that the order of the contigs was rearranged into map order , and the chimeric probes 9d8y and 10d8y ( which do not really have a unique position on the genome ) have been moved . |