Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it really " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fabia counteracted any feeling of wretchedness at that last guilty thought by deciding that it really was n't good enough that Vendelin Gajdusek had gone away when he knew full well that someone was travelling especially from England to see him . |
| 2 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 3 | I asked , wondering if it really was or if his memory had become glamorized . |
| 4 | As he lay on the bed , he found himself wishing that it really was his grave . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought someone was joking but it really was him . |
| 6 | It has been objected against this kind of reasoning that it really misses the point the sceptic is trying to make . |
| 7 | Unless the agent can give you figures showing that it really will pay you to cash in your present policy and take out a completely new one , keep it on and top it up with another , smaller policy . |