Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] actually [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co-operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co-operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co-operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation . |
| 2 | However , in the social context of heroin use in a given community , it is just as important to understand how events are perceived by the participants as to know that they actually happened . |
| 3 | " No , " he said immediately , surprising himself to find that he actually believed it . |
| 4 | ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’ |
| 5 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 6 | Before that you had the option of paying additional contributions to cover previous service so you will no doubt know if you actually took took up that option . |
| 7 | The , you reminded us of er another aspect of dreams , that , that , that one notices if you actually do a bit of dream interpretation yourself , is what called , what Freud called day 's residues . |
| 8 | Now I do n't know whether they actually broke the door down in the end , but they did gain entrance to a flat very near us , erm and they had dogs with them that night . |
| 9 | Oh well as I er , as I was saying about th this aunt that stayed with me , er she once er saw a , well I do n't know whether she actually seen it or not , but she 'd seen the results of it , of a tinker 's divorce , and this man killed this horse and threw his wife on top of it and that was him divorced . |
| 10 | Do you think that the idea of a adjustability er you say that they were snapped up , do you think that people actually once they get an adjustable light fitting , do you think that they actually adjust it ? |
| 11 | I do n't think that it actually needs to be geographically located . |
| 12 | In an effort to save face , he adopted a casual attitude hoping that his staff would think that he actually meant to keep his hat on all day long just for the heck of it , like gangsters do in the films . |
| 13 | Why , only a couple of weeks ago you were saying you hoped they would n't even meet at the Family Day ; now you 're suggesting that she actually goes and stays where he works . |
| 14 | And then she realised that he actually meant to force the key to breaking-point . |
| 15 | I went out and bought a remedy , thinking it was an infection , but when I got home I realised that she actually had a piece of red coloured gravel stuck inside her mouth , so that she could n't close it properly . |
| 16 | I suddenly realised that I actually knew how to use a library . |
| 17 | It is a report and valuation for mortgage and insurance assessment which is usually done in half an hour and consists of a general look at the property to see that it actually exists as described , and is not in a state of collapse or major disrepair . |
| 18 | Since ownership passed to the legatee without performance having taken place , it was much harder to see that he actually did do with the legacy what the testator had intended . |
| 19 | In the seconds when Chesarynth was coming to realize that she actually mattered , another white car distorted the draughts with its brake-force . |
| 20 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 21 | ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’ |
| 22 | Well , actually I left school , I think it was the either tenth or eleventh of November nineteen thirty one and I went straight into the Transport Department and I think my record will show that I actually started there on the twelfth of November nineteen thirty one . |
| 23 | What happens if you actually try and get down to absolute zero or even pass the other side ? |
| 24 | If they had done this to her possessions , what would they do if they actually came face to face with her ? |
| 25 | Jabbing violently forward , with no thought whatsoever of what she would do if she actually hit him , she did n't even notice where he was retreating until it was too late . |
| 26 | Pulling a face , she clamped her lips together in a comical display of acceptance , although she was beginning to wonder if she actually wanted to know . |
| 27 | It was argued by some on the Public Schools Commission ( DES , 1970 ) , for , that parents and children would appreciate the value of the education they received and not simply take it for granted if they actually had to part with some money . |
| 28 | Charles was beginning to wonder whether he actually liked Dottie or not . |
| 29 | This phase occurs before we actually arrive . |
| 30 | Of course Elmer Rice 's play had been censored and toned down before coming to the screen but Photoplay still needed to ask whether ‘ the public really wants a true cross-section of life presented as it actually happens ’ . |