Example sentences of "[verb] not actually " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambia is one of the countries in which the government has made an effort to sustain expenditure on education and its share in GDP has not actually fallen . |
| 2 | One gentleman , who has not actually seen the apparition , has on several occasions heard footsteps walking up a stairway in the station . |
| 3 | They do not distinguish between individual dogs , and so the sound of a neighbour 's dog may cause yours to receive a punishment shock when it has not actually been barking . |
| 4 | But any ( unmoving ) object placed between the half-silvered mirror and the screen will now occupy a larger area of the image and therefore appear either to have grown larger , as if swelling , or to have come closer to the camera , even though it has not actually moved at all . |
| 5 | If the litigant in person has not actually suffered pecuniary loss in the preparation of the case ( which this sum would compensate ) the court will only allow up to £7.50 per hour for the time reasonably spent in preparation . |
| 6 | It 's extremely unwise to quote your Chairman of Committee , if the Chairman of the committee actually A has n't been informed that he 's being quoted , or B has not actually agreed with what it is that you 're quoting . |
| 7 | Being in rude good health , he has n't actually met the GP in question . |
| 8 | Also , he has n't actually needed the extra drive yet since the big tyres and 7-tonne weight give good grip from the two driving wheels . |
| 9 | When you find that your head has n't actually been bitten off and that you can actually speak , join one of the local societies whose activities are bound to be plastered all over your library 's noticeboard . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anybody who 's worked here for a time who has n't at some time felt like crying , or who has n't actually cried or felt really down . |
| 11 | Oh , I see she has n't actually given a talk , but she 's going to . |
| 12 | Oh no , she 's definitely wants to go , but she has n't actually filled out the form . |
| 13 | Well , he has n't actually collected any in and I 've been doing a lot of work at home for it , you know , masses . |
| 14 | She 's had that , she 's had her revenge , it has n't actually caused you any grief , you 'll just have to make up some story for your mother . ’ |
| 15 | It has n't actually done cos I put that funnel on the end to stop it from doing it . |
| 16 | It has n't actually happened . |
| 17 | You will become increasingly shifty about the fact that your child has n't actually taken the safety wheels off his bike yet . |
| 18 | Graham argued that all this is indicative of a person who has n't grown , fully grown out of his childhood worries , problems , especially the er , he has n't actually dealt with the true feelings that he had towards his father , and who instead chose to vent his rage on others and political career , which resulted in Wilson being , er well , losing some of his rationality , which led to his poor performance in er negotiating and gaining acceptance of the Treaty of after World War One . |
| 19 | And that 's when I think it starts to get into into shady ground where where the woman has n't actually said no because she feels intimidated not by violence but by social pressure . |
| 20 | Erm I think er Mr said I think that that C P R E has n't actually offered a solution in this debate , just just raised questions . |
| 21 | er in regard to er th the quote there has been no agreement on the line , that refers to the fact that agreement has to be m erm come about with the actual erm East Sussex County Council and Surrey County Council and that er although a joint meeting of Planning and Highways what , some two years ago , took a view as to the line , that has n't actually meant that there is agreement at this stage where the line can be implemented and I would have thought that 's what that refers to . |
| 22 | ‘ Helen has been adequate up till now , though she has n't actually seen this operation . |
| 23 | the same time as we go to Cyprus and he has n't actually booked a flight yet but he 's got the villa cos Aily a few doors along , remember she 's got a villa in erm |
| 24 | I mean it has n't actually had any grow |
| 25 | And eh , he seemed very knowledgeable , I mean we got a job to find him , he has n't actually got a shop , he 's just got a premises . |
| 26 | Think oh it has n't actually . |
| 27 | So it has n't actually failed , it 's just not up to scratch . |
| 28 | Bill has n't actually finished his permanently in the drivers , but they ca n't so he choose the one that 's got to go , but in the meantime there 's these two other guys they closed down , and er , these two buyers they got redundancy money , they drive and they can go through there and still work so they 've got the money but still work at so there coining it in . |
| 29 | Pipeline business is the stuff that you 've sent to head office , been put on the shelf , and has n't issued yet , because of maybe medical in the writing , or there 's complications with it , you know , it 's sat on the shelf , but it has n't actually , the policy has n't wanged itself to the client . |
| 30 | Alex because she has n't wa ma although mother 's been up erm , nanny always gets shot off to the erm the home and she has n't actually seen her . |