Example sentences of "[adv] to be honest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er at this stage I do n't think so to be honest with you because |
| 2 | And y best to be honest , it 's no good saying you know making up something . |
| 3 | Oh I 'd I 'd like to be a a delegate at conference but I ca n't be a candidate this year cos I 'm captain of my and I think I 'll be a bit busy anyway to be honest doing press work . |
| 4 | The thing about the Neighbourhood Watch is that everyone in the area is a member whether they really want to be one or not to be honest . |
| 5 | Er not to be honest with you , no I have n't . |
| 6 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 7 | I , I would n't honestly say that it , he did it deliberately to be honest . |
| 8 | Revising it yesterday to be honest . |
| 9 | I think there 'll be a lot of people who wo n't move off to be honest ! |
| 10 | I do n't think I 'm gon na take any more off to be honest . |
| 11 | Erm and quite understandably to be honest , because the fear of their jobs . |
| 12 | Now to be honest if they had come to us first we would have got them into another union the t&gwu or ACTT but having said that , one thing we should knock on the head straight away . |
| 13 | It 's easier now to be honest . |
| 14 | I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus . |
| 15 | I , I do n't remember really to be honest but I , I erm erm Malcolm said something once which so I was n't surprised , you know , ca n't remember exactly what . |
| 16 | I do n't know whether we did really to be honest , do n't worry , . |
| 17 | Okay it 's erm I du n no , I du n no how they 'll feel about you phoning them up though to be honest with you . |
| 18 | Well to be honest Ja I ca n't see that far normally from where I live I can see the White Horse bank but it 's shrouded in mist at the moment erm no I ca n't see so I could n't tell you whether there there is snow up there or not . |
| 19 | well to be honest |
| 20 | Well to be honest I do n't think it 's , it would be likely to . |
| 21 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
| 22 | And I said well And she , well to be honest Bren she said , she has n't really done anything to me and Sid has she ? |
| 23 | Well to be honest well if he he |
| 24 | Well to be honest I got too many bloody windows up there ! |
| 25 | Well to be honest I can understand why he 's not asking them . |
| 26 | I do n't think we 're likely to meet it here to be honest with you but yes you do get it . |
| 27 | I , I 've got these letters out of here to be honest . |
| 28 | I ca n't to be honest , no . |
| 29 | I 'd rather I did n't to be honest with you . |
| 30 | I said , well I ca n't to be honest with you , I said I 've got ta pay back what I bloody |