Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | He did not , as he said on 9 December 1958 , when as owner of Be Careful he spoke at the Gimcrack dinner , object to bookmakers paying something towards the racing industry 's expenses . |
2 | Well I think , I think , I think to be honest they 've all got easier |
3 | Both activities can be very enjoyable But neither activity will get you very far in your quest for fitness , and to be honest they give walking a bad name . |
4 | ‘ To be honest we have n't got much chance with her , ’ confided Insp. |
5 | ‘ To be honest we have n't got much chance with her , ’ confided Insp. |
6 | And to be honest I said it was n't worth wasting a lot of time on them . |
7 | To be honest I 've never seen Parrot . |
8 | This call has been said to sound like " go back , go back " , but to me it always sounds like a duck laughing ( to be honest I 've never heard a duck laughing , so I 'm probably totally wrong ) . |
9 | He is not , so far as I know , having it off with anyone and I certainly am not , more 's the pity in a sense , though to be honest I 've never felt less inclined in my life . ’ |
10 | It 's on the same site and everything , to be honest I 've never measured the old one . |
11 | I mean , to be honest I 've put in like two , two years without any |
12 | Er , it 's a shame because er , to be honest I thought it was an excellent conference |
13 | To be honest I thought it was this other bloke who . |
14 | ‘ To be honest I 'd forgotten about the money until Jim Boyce reminded me , ’ said manager Frankie Parks after the 4–0 win . |
15 | Erm I mean he he he 's bought , I mean the presents he 's bought to be honest I mean I think oh my god what a waste . |
16 | To be honest I mean what er |
17 | Well to be honest I got too many bloody windows up there ! |
18 | ‘ To be honest I wanted to keep them out of all this . |
19 | Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’ |
20 | Yeah , sorry … to be honest I do regard you Irish as the same as me ( whatever that is ! ) . |
21 | to be honest I do n't |
22 | ‘ To be honest I do n't think it fits in with the Irish way of things . |
23 | Well to be honest I do n't think it 's , it would be likely to . |
24 | ‘ Well , to be honest I do n't know a lot about him myself , but Guy likes him . ’ |
25 | Oh right erm to be honest I do n't , the guy who set all that up has moved company , I 'm just taking over the , the care of them really , unless erm Mr said anything , erm erm , yes if you would , er just hang on a minute , erm he 's got someone in |
26 | So he came round to use mine and to be honest I did n't have too much interest in punk rock at the time but did this fanzine for 12 issues and I got into it . |
27 | To be honest I blame Maria at Kidderminster ticket office . |
28 | To be honest I have never seen this happen in a community tank , where as Neon tetras will even spawn in this environment . |
29 | So I , and , and to be honest I think that 's what we ought to do at this stage , |
30 | In addition I feel well enough physically and to be honest I think I 've a good chance of at least two wins tomorrow . ’ |