Example sentences of "[pron] be not actually [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cos I 'm not actually losing weight , but my clothes all feel , you know I can get into clothes I have n't worn for ages .
2 No we 're not actually losing money but I mean with Traidcraft we are getting to the low point where we put borrowed stock
3 They were n't actually called plain of the cave man .
4 But I also think that er the Community Charge as it is being brought in is probably being brought in too sharply which means that it is n't actually taking account of some of the marginal cases where people are going to face a very steep increase in Community Charge bill , er and the Community Charge itself is rather a blunt instrument .
5 It was n't actually called Blood Rock , that was just their private name for it , because it was there that Jed made his confession .
6 He was not actually wearing morning dress , but gave the impression that he was , with impeccably creased trousers , a jacket cut rather long , and a dark red carnation in his buttonhole .
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