Example sentences of "[conj] to tell you the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy .
2 I simply did n't recognize her at first , and to tell you the truth , I was a bit embarrassed when Uncle Félix came over to talk to me with this perfectly stunning girl on his arm .
3 I suppose this was partly to do with the heat — it is very hot here at present — but to tell you the truth I do n't remember very much about it .
4 Actually he majored in Phys Ed , but to tell you the truth , Rickie was always a slow learner .
5 " But to tell you the truth , I sometimes feel like clearing out of this warren altogether .
6 This publicity is a recent development , but to tell you the truth , when I was a teenager date rape was simply a fact of life .
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