Example sentences of "[vb past] never actually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity that , because she 'd never actually felt this overwhelming tug of attraction before … |
| 2 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Before writing this I 'd never actually seen it before , but after playing it I realise I did n't miss anything . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | He had been forced to sign a co-operation agreement in order to obtain a passport , although he had never actually collaborated . |
| 7 | During her time at Brentwoods , although she had never actually gone to a cinema with another man , she had often entertained or been entertained by members of the opposite sex , usually at lunchtime , occasions which she had afterwards described in detail to Brian , much to his amusement . |
| 8 | She was sure — or almost sure — that they had never actually killed anyone , but you could never be quite sure in this world . |
| 9 | But what did the winner of the game actually think — Keith Wells , the man who had brought the game to England but had never actually played it before ? |
| 10 | As I had never actually made a cold application for a job before , I did n't really know what to make of this . |
| 11 | Ruth was not going to admit that she had never actually made a phone-call herself , but there had to be a first time for everything , and since Connor was out , this would be the ideal opportunity . |
| 12 | But assumptions , as she 'd discovered that day , could be dangerous , and Isabelle had never actually stated where she was born . |
| 13 | He had never actually seen one , but he knew they were there . |
| 14 | And when he began to have the confidence to talk to us , he would have long discussions with people about films which he had never actually seen , but which he could pretend to have seen , since he made a point of reading all the reviews of the new films and musicals when he found out that that was what people liked to talk about on first meetings . |
| 15 | He had never actually seen what happened at Debbie 's art class . |
| 16 | Maybe he had never actually seen the operation he was describing . |
| 17 | While Mary Tudor lived , the Protestants in Scotland had never actually given up , but as long as England as well as France and Spain was Catholic , all they could hope for was survival ; and there was no point in preferring an English alliance to a French one . |
| 18 | There were letters from the boy here in his closet , no more than a week old , cold-blooded enough in their analysis of the military situation since Grey 's loss , and ruthless enough in their acceptance of the necessity to deal in extremes in the last resort , but still arguing the advantage of restraint , even daring to suggest that Lord Grey 's capture made no substantial alteration in the case for negotiation , since he was the original party to the complaint which had never actually come to a judgment under law . |
| 19 | So we must surely deduce from the following that those Pressmen on the panel were voting about something they had never actually experienced ! |
| 20 | Neckar Island was owned by Lord Cobham , who had never actually set foot on it himself . |
| 21 | Ken , the loner and the camp actor who had never actually admitted his homosexuality , proposed marriage to Joan . |
| 22 | It was just one more thing they had never actually talked about . |
| 23 | He later discovered that most of these scenes had never actually occurred and had been fantasies of the patient . |
| 24 | It was important that , to begin with , Clive was to approach only people whom he already knew by sight — even if he had never actually spoken to them before . |