Example sentences of "[verb] never actually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has never actually heard anybody being shrunk before . |
| 2 | But although he now runs a hotel chain with 160 properties in 47 countries , he has never actually managed a hotel . |
| 3 | Oh yes , yes , very much so , yes , and with this new project that 's really exciting because it 's on an allotment site which has never actually happened before with a psychiatric rehabilitation project . |
| 4 | It has to be controlled , but Yves never actually said that violence was part of our game , or that he condoned violence ’ , said Simon . |
| 5 | Pity that , because she 'd never actually felt this overwhelming tug of attraction before … |
| 6 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 7 | We 'd known more or less since I 'd heard the words Jihad Islami in the Land of Grey and Pink , but they 'd never actually said it . |
| 8 | Before writing this I 'd never actually seen it before , but after playing it I realise I did n't miss anything . |
| 9 | It would appear not to matter that the party to whom the notice is addressed does not acknowledge receipt nor even if the party addressed never actually receives the notice itself ( see Re 88 Berkeley Road , London NW9 ; Rickwood v Turnsek [ 1971 ] Ch 648 , and generally as to methods of severance , Conveyancer NS , 1976 , vol 40 , p77 ) . |
| 10 | Chief Constable Caldwell is supposed to have never actually served on the beat — being recruited directly into the administrative apparatus and rising quickly within it . |
| 11 | I 've never actually flown from Heathrow , I 've been |
| 12 | Unfortunately , I 've never actually moved in . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never actually analysed this before , ’ he says , ‘ but I suppose I think of the guitar as the medium which makes the voice work , and so my guitar parts are always written around the vocal . |
| 14 | NATALIE : Yeah , well , I do n't know , I 've never actually gone and asked any of them round here about any problem . |
| 15 | ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie . |
| 16 | Well I do n't know cos I 've never actually seen any police in these flats . |
| 17 | I 've never actually seen a horse until yesterday . ’ |
| 18 | I 've never actually seen one . |
| 19 | and I 've never actually seen it . |
| 20 | I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme . |
| 21 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 22 | I mean interesting because I 've never actually done the job that you 're doing . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never actually ridden a horse before . |
| 24 | It 's something I 've never actually asked you about . ’ |
| 25 | I 've never actually spoken out , other than last year when there were a few incidents with girls where I sort of said well you get what you deserve , you know , if you 're going to operate such a sort of sexist situation , then you 're going to get very difficult for girls because they 've no positive images whatsoever , and I was actually … |
| 26 | So perhaps we ought to realise the fact that we 've never actually gon na get that one down . |
| 27 | What effectively , I think , I mean I 've never actually sat down because it would be an enormous mistake and nobody would thank me for it , but my guess is that those enormously complex classificated can be understood as a method by which old men rig the system for their own benefit and hide this kinds of ridiculous anonymous and the anomaly basically is the young men end up with old wives |
| 28 | I 've never actually told you before because I did n't want to undermine your own attitude . |
| 29 | I 've never actually thought about that . |
| 30 | but , I , Miss never actually said well I |