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Example sentences of "have to be honest " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The manager has to be honest , competent and use common sense , while getting on with the artist .
2	I 'd have to be honest and say , yes , I would n't argue , ’ says a married 35-yearold estate agent .
3	When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie .
4	Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months .
5	But I have to be honest and say we tried to join flesh again all our lives .
6	‘ I have to be honest with you , I 'd like to invest more in education , ’ he said .
7	I find that I have to be honest with Mary and many others .
8	I have to be honest and say that the last few years have not been as good as I would have expected .
9	‘ But I have to be honest and say I never marked her as someone who was going to become a great journalist .
10	Erm quite a lot you just have to be honest with people and tell I mean we 've got It 's unfortunate we can threaten people if you like , it 's the wrong word to use .
11	‘ I have to be honest , Ali , I did n't exactly drive out here just to see you .
12	I think they 've got their cost structures er a a little bit out of line and I have to be honest that I think that some of them have thought that er all you have to do is , you know , keep a brass plate outside your door for fifty years and the work would roll in .
13	We went in with an open mind , but I have to be honest , the presentation was so abysmal , that there was no way that we could in fact continue with them , and we have the same problem with the cleaning contract .
14	I have to be honest and admit that I accepted the invitation to dinner to try to find out once and for all if you were involved with Martin , but that was because I needed to know , needed to prove your innocence , because I was falling in love with you .