Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] actually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does n't much want them actually to touch her . |
| 2 | I actually do n't think I actually do n't think that the Community Charge payers of should pay for Councillor to go and watch a circus in Denmark . |
| 3 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
| 4 | Do you know I actually listened to some of this tape and I do n't half sound different on the taped , the real me |
| 5 | who do you know who actually fits that description ? |
| 6 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |
| 7 | D' you know they actually fly a Jolly Roger ? |
| 8 | ‘ We ca n't really know what actually goes on in the world , like whether there really is honey : all we really know , and therefore all we can really tell other people , is what we believe goes on in the world . ’ |
| 9 | Of course , the real reason is that 900 of his constituents work at Rothmans and he fears for his majority but he ca n't bring himself actually to say so . |
| 10 | Erm I did n't spot the tentative benefit , I do n't think you actually got that bit as far as what was gon na be in it because when erm Steve came up with the why so long I think that , that took you off the track a bit . |
| 11 | Oh it I do n't think you actually got ta cook the things . |
| 12 | If this does not work ( and I do n't think you actually have to go to France ) , you might try the recipe of the American crime short story writer , Robert Twohy , who writes out a first sentence and then sees if anything comes from it , and so on . |
| 13 | Do you think you actually look at the words first or the picture first ? |
| 14 | I mean he initially did n't wan na know and then you went on about er and came up with the idea of well I 'm very fit , the family 's fit never have any problems health wise erm the o the only thing there you , I do n't think you actually mentioned possibility of accident |
| 15 | but I do n't think you actually mentioned at any time you know the , the wife 's involvement in it other than that point . |
| 16 | You are very fortunate that I do n't make you actually sit in the real sea . |
| 17 | As surely as if he could see them actually arriving , see them now , he pictured the stolen lorries driven in . |
| 18 | I ca n't believe I actually bought Benson but they never said that |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't believe I actually stood here and let you — maul me . ’ |
| 20 | Let's see you actually do something for a change . . |
| 21 | If no such upturn does occur we actually face about 20 years of demographic stability in respect of overall age structure , indeed probably the most stable 20 years of the entire twentieth century ( O'Higgins , 1986 ) . |
| 22 | I did n't see him actually bomb . |
| 23 | But I could n't see myself actually scribbling or tearing . |
| 24 | I do n't think we actually said who was going to inform the member authorities . |
| 25 | So are y I do n't think we actually established , are , are you erm are you unemployed ? |
| 26 | Lack of money is holding them back — new sounds have to come from fresh effects pedals rather than a sampling machine — but the ambitions are burning : ‘ I do n't think we actually achieve the crossover , ’ admits Sam , with a who-gives-a-flying- f— -shrug , ‘ but that 's certainly what we want to do . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't think we actually used any of them in the end but it has got that cinematic imagery to it . ’ |
| 28 | Can I suggest we actually have a look at this in General Purposes ? |
| 29 | But does this enable us actually to decide in each case which predicates do and which do n't apply to the item concerned ? |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't think anybody actually wrote for Reader 's Digest . |