Example sentences of "actually [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Using the Amiga Five Hundred okay , er stripped it down , I sampled it and I actually made a song , a complete song , and it 's finished okay ?
2 I did n't re I thought he actually made a person , I did n't realize he made himself into a person .
3 But wh well what are you looking for now , to see if we actually made a decision on it ?
4 But perhaps your first mistake was to think that a shop could give you totally impartial advice — their prime concern was probably to make sure you actually made a purchase and from them rather than elsewhere .
5 Then he actually made a paper aeroplane so that she had an example in front of her that she can look at to see what she is aiming for .
6 In that task I am assisted by a team of six managers , all of whom are professional nurses and district nurses or health visitors and they of course are there to advise me on professional issues , and to share with me the management task of using the resources of Oxford City in the way that we feel is best appropriate , and in doing that , I think one of the important things for us to do , I do n't think we do it quite as well as we should , is to work more closely with the local council , and to look really at what the needs of our local communities are for health , and to try and make sure that the feelings that might well be expressed by individuals , either individually , or through caring associations , or through other statutory agencies , or through voluntary health organisations , are actually given a chance to be there , and to influence our , that official policy and constituents , and to , to influence the planning process .
7 Oh , I see she has n't actually given a talk , but she 's going to .
8 People who do this are actually given a training , this does n't hurt the baby , they do n't mind , their bones are very soft you 'll look at your baby , all of you can look at babies that you 're caring for and you hold them and you see well is that leg longer than the other ?
9 What are the advantages of actually using a computer to keep accounts as opposed to a gentleman sitting on a tall stool with a quill pen ?
10 Because , what you 're going back to , just reemphasizing the point earlier , you 're speaking one-to-one , you 're not trying to convince a , a group of , of , of councillors , you 're trying to actually convey a message and , yes , you 're trying to convince , but you 're actually trying to convey a message doing one-to-one interview , across to people who know nothing about it , whereas councillors purport to know something about it .
11 But Maria 's presence actually begs a question since it 's the sole moment when a startling presence swoops out of the mix .
12 ‘ It 's not all that easy actually to kill a man , ’ said Morse .
13 Now he can ch he can actually wire a plug properly .
14 On the eve of France 's defeat , he had actually joined a group of this kind , the " Amis de Temps Présent " , some of whose members subsequently played a significant role in the Christian resistance and in the formation of the MRP .
15 There 's my notes from the when I actually passed a repeat and we did n't say that travel agents sales were going to be done on that number .
16 The FOURTH stage will be the selling and — realising that the only sensible sale is one on which you actually make a profit — getting paid .
17 Er you 've got eight words colours there , how many of those eight words actually make a change in their spelling when it becomes feminine ?
18 NATURALLY , BOTH Jim and Fruitbat have the wit and honesty to carry the whole affair and actually make a go of the potentially over-sanitised ‘ indie ’ event .
19 Chefs are very easy to identify because they actually make a statement via their food .
20 This reflects itself in the fact that when I actually make a measurement I shall find the electron sometimes here and sometimes over there .
21 About 20% live in the country , or rural areas , but less than 2% actually make a living by farming .
22 On the other hand , learning to actually design a database takes time and , although an on-line tutorial is provided , you would be better off studying the manual to learn each specific task .
23 On the other hand , learning to actually design a database takes time and , although an on-line tutorial is provided , you would be better off studying the manual to learn each specific task .
24 At least know your gestation times so that you are not surprised when a mating at some forgotten date actually produces a calf !
25 Now you should be able to see that playing Pentatonic scales in thirds actually produces a situation where four out of the five notes of the scale produce perfect 4th intervals .
26 Increasing beam energy beyond this level actually produces a decrease in luminescence intensity ; this is the inhibition phase .
27 Whilst line officers pressed for greater autonomy on their own operational turf , these years actually witnessed a strengthening of the prerogatives of political officers , not their diminution .
28 As for freephone lines for shops , he adds : ‘ We are actually seeing a return to the High Street at the moment .
29 This was the first occasion when I experienced the disillusion of actually seeing a place I had come to love through a poem — that had been , in Drinkwater 's phrase , ‘ lissom in a dream ’ .
30 The gens is there to demonstrate the possibility of a totally communal classless stage based on totally different principles to those of capitalism , but which , Engels claims , actually represents a state of affairs which had existed , and for which there is historical evidence .
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