Example sentences of "actually [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE BOOKS YOU ACTUALLY READ ON HOLIDAY : |
| 2 | Although originally based on the Greek ideal of Philosopher Kings , the mixture of academics , priests and the military actually led to decision making designed only to protect sectional interests . |
| 3 | But by the time of Charlemagne the majority of warriors were on horseback , though it is not clear if they actually fought from horseback or if they used the horses simply as rapid transport for traditional Frankish foot soldiers . |
| 4 | United 's best chance of the half came just a minute later ; Martin Foyle ran on to the perfect Paul Simpson through ball , he actually got past goal keeper Andy Gosney but he was forced just a little bit wide . |
| 5 | Someone has typed in the team news already ( I actually got into teh ground a bit late so I missed the starting line-up ) . |
| 6 | When I actually got to court there was more charges than there should have been . |
| 7 | Er resumed on er we actually got to number eight this morning did n't we ? |
| 8 | Well the actual State er the statutory sick pay is fifty six pounds ten pence per week erm it is no more than that but I would be interested to see the , the leaflet that you actually got from work . |
| 9 | He reckon she actually got in touch with Martin . |
| 10 | Here was a player who had clean kit for every match , who actually trained at home and , more importantly , scored goals where it mattered — between the posts . |
| 11 | The American civil war decided something fundamental it did n't decide , as some people argue , that blacks were equal to whites this was w one of the least of Abraham Lincoln 's concerns Abraham Lincoln supported in the eighteen fifties , I throw this in for people who Americ and there 's usually an American in the audience who 's brought up to believe that Abraham Lincoln walks on the water , you know erm he actually suffered from syphilis by that 's by the way |
| 12 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 13 | This crane actually came into use in January 1969 . |
| 14 | Some of the dancers actually came in contact now . |
| 15 | The English philosopher G. E. Moore returned to the problem in a famous paper , A Defence of Common Sense which , in its turn , forms a background for Wittgenstein 's effort to demystify the issue in Über Gewissheit which , along with the Philosophical Investigations and , of course , the Tractatus , are the only texts he ever actually prepared for publication . |
| 16 | Although Traherne held the living of Credenhill until his death in 1674 , it is not clear for how long he actually acted as minister there . |
| 17 | Our hinterland of the imaginary actually consisted of grass tussocks , brambles , a grove of willows , some hawthorns , a beech tree or two , drainage ditches , a slow and deep brook with steep banks , a weir , twin tunnels which took the stream beneath the main Derby to Nottingham road and , upstream , a wooden footbridge and wobbly stepping stones . |
| 18 | He actually danced on point , in spite of his uncertain technique . |
| 19 | Between was set out on paper as theory and what actually happened in practise . |
| 20 | What we appear to have here is a system where the structure of intervention , as displayed in the file data in other areas , bears only an indirect relationship to what actually happened in Team D. ( The specialist worker in Team C may have been operating in ways that in some respects are not wholly dissimilar , but the approach of the specialist team would seem radically different ) . |
| 21 | One boy called Haile Nehari actually escaped from prison — he had been put there after his sling-shot aimed at a pigeon hit an Ethiopian soldier instead . |
| 22 | I said at the time that reports are ALWAYS one sided when the score is 3–0 or 4–0 , this coupled with what I actually heard on radio 5 and what Ive seen of the goals is that Leeds had plenty of the ball , just found it hard to break a 6,7,8 man defence , and norwich looked dangerous on the counter attack . |
| 23 | Alan actually began with Palace as an amateur , after travelling across London upon hearing that trials were being held at Selhurst Park , and he made his debut as a 17-year-old in March 1962 . |
| 24 | He actually died of kidney failure , set off by a viral infection probably contracted during a Masonic meeting in mid-November . |
| 25 | As far as the death grant goes , erm for a pensioner that would only be payable erm if somebody actually died within year of leaving pensionable service , due to ill health , and they were not in receipt of an infirmity pension . |
| 26 | Well he was as far as I can remember he was thirty eight he , he went he worked at the Gas Works , ca n't remember much about that really but er I think he 'd actually been working nights and came home and actually died in bed I believe . |
| 27 | Real income actually fell on average for the five years to September 1978 . |
| 28 | They actually went off route and were not seen again . |
| 29 | I had a phobia about going to the dentist , and the doctor wanted to give me tranquillizers but I did n't want to take them , so I actually went for hypnotherapy which helped . |
| 30 | Now , parents in the room who 've got young children , when was the last time you actually went to school sports day ? |