Example sentences of "do n't actually [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it flowed quite nicely and you did n't actually give any objections or any |
| 2 | Churchill 's war time speeches er , he did n't actually do those ones the radio , he did n't actually do them . |
| 3 | Or perhaps they did n't actually do any work at all . |
| 4 | It 's up he did n't actually examine that part where I think there 's a lump . |
| 5 | I mean I 'm gon na try and give , the first two guys and er Mike who came in , they did n't do very well cos they did n't actually mention that bit and it did n't flow from then on , you 've got ta make the point , you know , did you find that er well not did you , that 's bad phraseology , I 'm sure you found this beneficial which of the areas of the five tonight actually interest you the most do that bit and then go in with the fact that you actually mentioned earlier on that you do work on a recommendation basis . |
| 6 | You did n't actually own that belt of land . |
| 7 | I d I did n't actually complete this . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't actually say that . ’ |
| 9 | Marthus did n't actually foresee this erm , this leap in from technology and as a result he was basing his predictions on past trends so if past trends had continued would have been , he w , he would been correct but because erm , agriculturalists started to erm , use technology and at that time it was a very sort of low technology , but nevertheless it would , would 've production dramatically you know , you do n't think of drainage as being particularly high tech but it can increase the , the yield on a crop sort of four or five times and so si simple drainage systems would be introduced erm ro rotations were being introduced , again rotations you think of being fairly straightforward but erm prior to the agricultural revolution rotations were n't used rotations can improve the fertility of the soil and er yields as well right okay , so agriculture produces a homogenous product , by and large and er as there is n't the scope , the product differentiation , and there is n't the scope for specialisation because we 'd need a farm the size of Europe to feed the world with , w with wheat . |
| 10 | The rubber hose did n't actually get used , but it was waved around a lot . |
| 11 | And so we did n't actually get any relief to the A sixty one in that particular test . |
| 12 | Right well you did n't actually get any objections so you couldn't 've handled them , you did n't mention about the prospect contacting the referrals prior to the being made er at the end you did actually bring up did n't you about the , the cricketer , is , is he a batsman then said he was a erm said he was a er all-rounder so you know I 'll , I 'll give you that |
| 13 | ‘ But it did n't actually get stuck ? ’ she asked . |
| 14 | Yeah , I did n't actually take any |
| 15 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 16 | We did n't actually have much play mobile when I , when I went and looked . |
| 17 | She did n't finish her threat , because she did n't actually have any idea what she could do . |
| 18 | I do n't actually think that , that , that it 's quite so clear cut , I think that there 's still a bit of persuading that , that we have to do to persuade people that it is the right thing . |
| 19 | I do n't actually think either of us has an image of the other — or ourselves — that 's quite true . |
| 20 | And I would be interested just to know how many performances do n't actually break even . |
| 21 | Gon na be a bit difficult , we do n't erm do n't actually go that way . |
| 22 | In the UK , Sun Microsystems ' drive to flush out some of the value-added resellers which it says do n't actually offer any value-add ( UX No 399 ) , will take the form of a new contract which they 'll have to sign to become authorised VARs . |
| 23 | Then he grins : ‘ No , I do n't actually do that . |
| 24 | It may well be that you do n't actually do that , it may be that you have one to one meetings with people or group meetings er which could be when you have to put across your point of view . |
| 25 | Because we do n't actually do that . |
| 26 | Well I 've got that written down as the beginning of what goes in but e , I do n't actually do those the departments do them . |
| 27 | You will probably be asked to give the name of one or two people who will provide references , even if you do n't actually do this on your CV . |
| 28 | Surely you do n't actually believe all that stuff in the papers about how it was so much better in the old days , but then they got in a bunch of yuppies and ruined it all by going down-market and yoof-crazed , do you ? |
| 29 | Well that 's right , we do n't actually need that . |
| 30 | I I think that that 's really the message which I 'm quite sure er the the economic secretary has got er and I do apologise if I have laboured the point but I will be doing so until we can have a situation where we do n't go on passing more rules and regulations but in fact all the legislation coming to the house is purely repealing legislation so we do n't actually need any fresh legislation , we just repeal what in fact er we have introduced er because it is it is er not helpful to the prosperity of this country . |