Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] fact [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm so I think we 've got ta look at that right across the board though , we 've got ta know that in actual fact we 're covering it temporarily , erm or are n't we covering it temporarily . |
2 | It is only now clear to me that in actual fact it must have been a day later . |
3 | I actually asked prospective farmers what they thought about certain issues , because I think the Leicestershire county council er and our department are probably some of the best farmers landlords there are in the country and I think our tenant farmers know that in actual fact I asked the question to several of the members er er the potential er clients erm , what do you think about foxes . |
4 | We 've said that when it 's a baby inside its mum , does n't have to control its own temperature , and in actual fact it 's several days after birth , after the baby 's born that it can effectively produce its own heat and its metabolism functions efficiently . |
5 | So there may be occasions when you feel that it would be nice to make er a change to er a system or procedure , and in actual fact it becomes really not possible because we would then be going against the dictates and requirements in I S O Nine Thousand and One . |
6 | Yes and in actual fact it 's warmer than it was yesterday |
7 | He looked fiercely alarming and in actual fact she had n't the faintest idea how to begin this task . |
8 | Yes erm because I doubt it , erm at the moment with the fund that we 're talking about the erm the close scheme , because most of these people in B T were originally erm in the Post Office , and of course when the they split erm then the erm Post Office workers went over to B T , they get a B T pension but in actual fact they paid into a pension scheme erm for many of them for forty years because they come into that age group , where so many people , you took a job when you were twenty o or or sixteen and you stayed with it for life , you did n't chop and change like people do these days and the majority of our members erm we can go down and I would say the vast majority of our members have actually worked for the Post Office or starting with the Post Office and then B T or staying with the Post Office for forty years , there 's no end of them they 've got in there forty years service . |
9 | I think I went down to most people to say they ca n't , but when you point out something to them , they say yes I can see that , look there 's this as well and I think culturally er were led to believe if you do n't succeed in it , erm but in actual fact I think that you all do , but perhaps I think the books do , either assess it and give it value or , or still allow it to happen |
10 | But in actual fact I think that for preliminary erm instruction I 'm , I would be better . |
11 | you know you just still bewildered because you do n't understand , I mean like I go to this night class and apparently I , I learn from it , but in actual fact I do n't , I come out I get eight out of ten , nine out of ten , or ten out of ten and I have n't got a clue what it 's about |
12 | This last might seem to be an asset if you are trying to lose weight , but in actual fact it merely acts as a mask to the body 's natural craving for food . |
13 | money in but in actual fact it 's , it 's going out faster than it 's coming in . |
14 | It 's called a quality system standard but in actual fact it 's a code of practice . |
15 | but in actual fact it , it was only really The Yorkshire House did anything direct |
16 | that it was extremely good but in actual fact it went on until twenty to nine at night |
17 | There was her job and her real liking for it , but in actual fact she never quite relaxed , never let her guard down . |
18 | There are two ways of doing that because in actual fact you could do this o over a period of thirty five to sixty which gives you twenty five years |
19 | Because in actual fact I would I would be interested |
20 | Whereas in actual fact I do n't want all this , I want is a B one . |
21 | ‘ So do you , ’ Matt murmured , though in actual fact it was not entirely true . |
22 | ‘ Well , I expect Mr Gajdusek will give you time off to compensate , ’ she suggested , holding down more remarks , though in actual fact it was questions which sprang to her lips : where had Mr Gajdusek gone and how long would he be away ? |
23 | ‘ Since you remember those moments we shared so vividly , my prowess as a lover must have left some impression on you , ’ he gritted toughly , then , his eyes glinting dangerously , he told her , straight from the shoulder , ‘ Though in actual fact I was n't talking of our time on your bed , but of your interest in my financial standing ! ’ |
24 | that , we went up there as in actual fact we were looking for certain place when er the postcard we had was n't it , was n't the cows given us trouble and we went |