Example sentences of "not really have a " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 What do you think of that argument , you know , that law does n't really have a place in the intensive care unit ?
11 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 . ’
12 ‘ Well , I do n't really have a personal favourite .
13 ‘ I do n't really have a religion , ’ she said .
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 The cheques were in his name so I did n't really have a lot of say in it .
18 ‘ 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 .
19 ‘ As I see it , Lisa , you do n't really have a great deal of room for manoeuvre .
20 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 .
21 In regards to of this motion , I do n't really have a great deal of trouble with that at all .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 I do n't really have a favourite performer .
25 I 'm good , I 'm not drinking in the week I 'm not , I do n't really have a drink do you have a drink
26 No you did n't have you did n't have a finishing hand , you did n't really have a brilliant first two hands and then the pick of the one , two , three bouncer I might I might have been persuaded to play the one , two , three bouncer and hope that that got through but to finish with an ace flush but good .
27 Yes I did n't really have a good look through it because I got stuck on a an article that was so good at the beginning
28 you know that s some do n't really have a great deal of problem , others really do have a sort of off work for two or three days every month and it 's not a bundle of laughs because , you know , that really must be difficult , but they , they get a rough idea of how it for them
29 They did n't really have a real reason .
30 I know , he did n't really have a good he had a good day in the Mail on Sunday , though .
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