Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] actually [vb infin] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second major defect in the relative clause proposal is that it does not actually explain anything unless it is supplemented by some account of what a relative clause is . |
| 2 | She does n't actually eat anything that 's actually bad for her . |
| 3 | I 'm uncomfortably aware that this does n't actually tell anybody exactly what they should do next . |
| 4 | I think they thought , who is this bloke that keeps turning up for practices but does n't actually do anything and has never heard of the Who ! ’ |
| 5 | which does n't actually do anything except tell you that it got there . |
| 6 | The community psychiatric nurse comes occasionally — I never know when — and she sympathizes ; nice girl but she does n't actually do anything useful . |
| 7 | Well , we ca n't be a service economy because that does n't actually make anything . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
| 9 | Wonderful but it does n't actually mean anything . |
| 10 | ‘ She does n't actually say anything against you , ’ she explained . |
| 11 | I 'm always worried when we get to item twenty-eight at this time of the year , and somebody rushes through and does n't actually say anything about this . |