Example sentences of "[subord] in truth [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ Alina said , although in truth she was wondering what point he might be trying to make . |
| 2 | He had lifted her into his arms before she could protest , although in truth she hardly felt in any condition to trek back up the incline towards the barn . |
| 3 | Fran read on , deriving some measure of comfort from the less than flattering assessment , although in truth she knew that she was deliberately glossing over the more attractive aspects of the sign . |
| 4 | Confrontation of issues and attitudes will be polite and respectful in a professional manner but it may nonetheless be a very painful process that would not in customary terms be considered friendly , although in truth it is a most fundamental act of friendship from one human being to another . |
| 5 | The foreigner thought that fares were not paid , whereas in truth they were . |
| 6 | Griffith was seduced by his own myth of himself and by the preoccupations of the Progressive era into believing that he was a serious thinker , whereas in truth he was an old-fashioned story-teller who had spontaneously discovered how the technology of film could be used to give stories a tremendous power . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes we make the mistake of believing there is some connection , when in truth we are discussing a different era , different players who played different laws . |
| 8 | He was also convicted of five counts of obtaining property by deception , namely sums of money by way of fees from Mr. Burt and another man named Hughes , contrary to section 15(1) of the Theft Act 1968 , the deception being that he had done certain accountancy work for those persons who were both small businessmen , when in truth he had not . |
| 9 | A problem arises when a person makes a mistake about the circumstances by which he is confronted and supposes himself to be under attack when in truth he is not . |
| 10 | I have seen you on stage , pretending to sensuality , when in truth you are frigid as a winter storm . ’ |
| 11 | All too often advice is taken as being definitive when in truth it is cased only on one person 's experience , or a particular way of working . |
| 12 | She had the sudden awful desire to yell at Anne , to deny everything she was trying to say ; but how could she , when in truth she had felt at times every one of those things ? |
| 13 | Patsy went , using his work for the insurance company as a pretext , for in truth he could take no more of the hypocrisy . |
| 14 | Though in truth they had little need ; the last time we fought , they vanquished us easily … ’ |
| 15 | Four months after the centenary celebrations and they still pour forth P though in truth we have had plenty of warning that Gavrilov 's contributions were on the way . |
| 16 | Lucille 's home was very grandly called a château , though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm with a crenellated tower to remind passers-by that the building had once been a small fortress . |
| 17 | Flayed by his voice , she tilted her chin defiantly , attempting to look as though his scorn meant nothing to her , though in truth it cut deeper than knives . |
| 18 | Rory put in mildly , though in truth she was more than a little disturbed by what she was hearing . |