Example sentences of "[coord] to be honest " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to be honest , for questions like this , I usually have to refer to a book for an answer ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ And after about six months of work I 'd got about ten finished tracks together , and to be honest , they sounded great ! |
| 5 | And to be honest , after the dreadful way we finished last season , we would have settled for being fifth from bottom right now . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | To be poor and to be honest , especially with a young girl , is the hardest struggle of all . ’ |
| 11 | He did n't approve of me , and to be honest I never much cared for him , either . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I do play several times a week , and to be honest you 're not that difficult to beat . ’ |
| 13 | And to be honest , I do n't believe any of them stands a chance of ever making a comeback with me . |
| 14 | So I , and , and to be honest I think that 's what we ought to do at this stage , |
| 15 | And to be honest I would n't have argued if anyone had said whole day . |
| 16 | Most of the time he was really uptight , and to be honest , looking back , we were n't truly professional . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In addition I feel well enough physically and to be honest I think I 've a good chance of at least two wins tomorrow . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And to be honest the cheapest price does n't necessarily win |
| 23 | And to be honest they I I 'm whether they 're stringing us along or not I do n't know . |
| 24 | And to be honest I 'm rather attached to it . |
| 25 | And to be honest I said it was n't worth wasting a lot of time on them . |
| 26 | And to be honest |
| 27 | I 've taken all that you 've and to be honest there 's not , there 's not a , it 's not worth a , it 's not worth a light , it 's you , I 'm be getting rid of that straight away ! |
| 28 | Manager Mr Cutts said : ‘ Provided they 're with their owners and are on leads , they 're welcome , but to be honest , we do n't get many in . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ They like her music very much but to be honest I am of the older regime , I prefer the traditional Welsh choral music . |
| 30 | ‘ But to be honest , I am a bit surprised there has n't been more interest considering how many I am scoring . |