Example sentences of "i [verb] to [be] honest " in BNC.

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1 Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen
2 Well t I mean to be honest erm tt I wanted to try some different things er cos I 've seen these guys today
3 yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering
4 I want to be honest .
5 I want to be honest ! ’
6 I suppose to be honest , I too was relieved at the time .
7 ‘ I do n't mind where I stay to be honest with you , Christina .
8 The whole place has got an air of being run down , and county council , I think to be honest , would quite like it to fall down , or just to be able to develop the whole site .
9 I think to be honest Whyte and Fairclough were never that good — even in the championship year .
10 I think to be honest to you , the the have been given very little guidance , she does n't understand what 's supposed to happen
11 Well I think , I think , I think to be honest they 've all got easier
12 Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months .
13 But I have to be honest and say we tried to join flesh again all our lives .
14 I have to be honest with you , I 'd like to invest more in education , ’ he said .
15 I find that I have to be honest with Mary and many others .
16 I have to be honest and say that the last few years have not been as good as I would have expected .
17 ‘ But I have to be honest and say I never marked her as someone who was going to become a great journalist .
18 I have to be honest , Ali , I did n't exactly drive out here just to see you .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 I wanted to be honest and say I 'd
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