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 . ’
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