Example sentences of "n't be quite [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mildred , however , had been given a rather dim-witted tabby because there had n't been quite enough black ones to go round . |
| 2 | Not noticing the church had n't been quite as crass as he 'd feared , because whatever else the bomb had done , it had blown the church apart . |
| 3 | Surely he had n't been quite so irritating as a watchkeeping officer in the Lanark ? |
| 4 | In fact , my recent diet had n't been quite so reckless . |
| 5 | And Shelley lay back that night , watching the fan sway round and round above her , and wishing that Rosie 's certainty had n't been quite so fervent . |
| 6 | ‘ There wo n't be quite so much for everybody as usual , but it will be stronger and it wo n't make us all sick quite so easily . ’ |
| 7 | And wo n't be quite so much . |
| 8 | Her vision of a happy life in Santa Barbara would n't be quite so blissful if Miguel were not resident in Casa Madrid . |
| 9 | Life surely could n't be quite so cruel . |
| 10 | Do n't be quite so selfish or you might frighten away |
| 11 | And if they shot her instead — well , perhaps that would n't be quite so bad . |
| 12 | , but I mean a downstairs one would n't be quite so bad |
| 13 | Yeah it wo n't be quite so I hope it wo n't be quite so bad on the M twenty five on the twenty third . |
| 14 | You ca n't be quite so English . |
| 15 | ‘ They thought I would n't be quite so embarrassed if my bra was whipped off by some poor old geezer who was past it . |
| 16 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 17 | ‘ And of course they wo n't be quite as effective because we ca n't use handwritten cards . |
| 18 | He wo n't be quite as bad again , but will not be much better either . |
| 19 | As a result , erm , prices wo n't be quite as volatile as they are in the opposite case , alright , when the world market , and virtually nobody , let's assume that virtually nobody uses the world market to trade in , they 've all got their own agricultural policies , right , just a few countries trade in the world market , it only takes erm , a , a sort of poor harvest , or a very good harvest in any one of these erm , er , sort of protected countries , in order to get rid of this output , they 'll put it on the world market . |