Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] actually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
| 2 | The Act does not define what actually constitutes an artistic work , though it is generally accepted that it would cover any product made by an artist or craftsperson , which is normally unique , hand-made and makes a personal expressive statement . |
| 3 | You are very fortunate that I do n't make you actually sit in the real sea . |
| 4 | I do n't think we actually said who was going to inform the member authorities . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | So are y I do n't think we actually established , are , are you erm are you unemployed ? |
| 7 | I do n't think we actually used any of them in the end but it has got that cinematic imagery to it . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Oh it I do n't think you actually got ta cook the things . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I do n't think he actually thought about it . |
| 16 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think he actually drives anything . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't think he actually managed it , do you ? ’ said Angalo , uncertainly . |
| 19 | So I do think that the , I do n't think it actually does necessarily come down to glossy brochures , but I think it is a management attitude erm , in terms of mark developing a very much more pro-active marketing approach to going out and competing aggressively in the market place for the contracts . |
| 20 | Well I do n't think it actually needs warning about . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't think anybody actually wrote for Reader 's Digest . |
| 22 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I ca n't believe I actually bought Benson but they never said that |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't believe I actually stood here and let you — maul me . ’ |
| 26 | But I could n't see myself actually scribbling or tearing . |
| 27 | I did n't see him actually bomb . |
| 28 | This does n't mean it actually tastes of grapes — only wines made from Muscat grapes do so . |
| 29 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |