Example sentences of "[conj] to be honest " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all older men , who gave her little satisfaction : although to be honest , she had n't gone to their beds for gratification . |
| 2 | After that maybe , just maybe , you can start proving to me you do possess some measure of professionalism — although to be honest , ’ he added caustically , ‘ I 'm finding it hard to believe you 're capable of distinguishing between a weed and an orchid at the moment , or even digging a garden , let alone ever designing one . ’ |
| 3 | So things are looking up , although to be honest I am a bit puzzled about certain aspects of the ‘ Racecourse of the Year ’ award . |
| 4 | Gable replies that to be honest he 's surprised , although not by the attitude of ‘ the old guard conservative group of three or four London reviewers ’ . |
| 5 | It may be easier to be fearful of all sorts of things than to be honest and say to yourself : ‘ The way I feel is entirely my own problem . |
| 6 | I do n't suppose many have read it in depth , cos to be honest , when do we read a rule when we do n't have to , unless we absolutely need it . |
| 7 | cos to be honest , the more Mike goes over there , the more he keeps saying he does n't really want to pull the picture frames down |
| 8 | And to be honest , for questions like this , I usually have to refer to a book for an answer ! |
| 9 | It was a pathetic spectacle and to be honest I must confess to being more than a little annoyed at being trapped in a railway carriage and forced to listen to this poor soul lurching nearer to a grave in the gutter . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ And after about six months of work I 'd got about ten finished tracks together , and to be honest , they sounded great ! |
| 12 | And to be honest , after the dreadful way we finished last season , we would have settled for being fifth from bottom right now . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 15 | I did that because I got an amazing about of money and to be honest I rather liked the idea of swanning around in a special effects car . |
| 16 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |
| 17 | To be poor and to be honest , especially with a young girl , is the hardest struggle of all . ’ |
| 18 | He did n't approve of me , and to be honest I never much cared for him , either . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I do play several times a week , and to be honest you 're not that difficult to beat . ’ |
| 20 | And to be honest , I do n't believe any of them stands a chance of ever making a comeback with me . |
| 21 | So I , and , and to be honest I think that 's what we ought to do at this stage , |
| 22 | And to be honest I would n't have argued if anyone had said whole day . |
| 23 | Most of the time he was really uptight , and to be honest , looking back , we were n't truly professional . |
| 24 | Honda manager Neil Tuxworth said : ‘ Someone rammed the back of Phillip 's bike and to be honest he 's not in a fit state to race . |
| 25 | In addition I feel well enough physically and to be honest I think I 've a good chance of at least two wins tomorrow . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You see , I 'm pretty hard-up these days , and to be honest with you I 'm certainly not going to say ‘ no ’ to any insurance money that might be pushed my way . ’ |
| 27 | Remember John and I went on a , a visit down to see their hut and to be honest , they were making a very good job of the hut , what they come in for , is er , a second bite , really , erm , they 've got to , to floor the roof which we er , thought was quite interesting . |
| 28 | Theirs was not the insecurity of peasants , at the mercy of periodic — and to be honest , often more murderous — catastrophes such as drought and famine , but capable of predicting with some accuracy how a poor man or woman would spend most days of their lives from birth to the graveyard . |
| 29 | And to be honest the cheapest price does n't necessarily win |
| 30 | And to be honest they I I 'm whether they 're stringing us along or not I do n't know . |