English example sentences with "actually"

Learn how to use actually in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.

Even if your sentences were actually senseless, you at least have the luck to be able to form beautiful sentences.

Did you actually see the accident?

Was the money actually paid?

I thought our boss was stubborn as a mule but actually he has his cute side.

We didn't actually see the accident.

We actually saw the accident.

We actually didn't see the accident.

The two leading firms are actually in cahoots with each other.

But it's very strong actually.

Actually it might be a good idea to start right now.

Actually, that's what I thought.

The work is actually finished.

Susan is actually your half sister.

This old man actually swam across the river.

It seems like yesterday, but it's actually nearly ten years since we first met.

Although Eri's suitcase looks heavy, it's actually very light.

What did you think when you actually met me for the first time?

Day by day and month by month, Internet technology is growing. Actually, make that second by second and minute by minute.

Don't worry. He may look intimidating at first glance, but he's actually a very friendly person.

That student actually got full marks in English.

Well... actually, I'm sick.

After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.

Far from refuting the thesis that race is to blame for lower IQ score, Lynn's data actually supports it.

I was called in for jury this morning, and I actually have to serve on a case.

What passes for leisure in our society is actually time-consuming.

We thought the meeting was going to be short, but it actually went on for almost three hours.

I know him by sight, but I have never actually spoken to him.

I know him by name but I have never actually spoken to him.

I actually saw a ghost.

It is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

Actually, I did not witness the traffic accident.

Actually, I haven't gotten any letters yet.

Actually, I didn't know anything about those plans.

Actually, I have a favor to ask of you.

Actually it was only a rumor.

Actually, it was just a rumour.

Actually, we had prepared ourselves for defeat.

Actually I wrote her a card.

These bodies have actually played indispensable roles in attaining these goals.

Actually, this method has plenty of room for improvement.

Actually, the present method has plenty of room for improvement.

What actually happened?

What will actually happen is anyone's guess.

Through television we can learn various things which we cannot actually see or hear.

Actually, the earth is getting warmer.

You can speak as you actually feel.

In the future we may need to take another look at the way decisions such as this are actually implemented.

When we get down to brass tacks, we are all as guilty as the persons who actually committed the crime.

A stormy life? It's fine to watch that kind of thing on TV but I wouldn't actually want to live it.

His boosterism makes it sound wonderful but I wonder if he understands how hard it's going to be to actually carry out.

He is actually not the manager.

He looks wealthy, but actually he's not.

His statement corresponded to what actually took place.

He hasn't actually eaten caviar.

He works as a teacher, but actually he is a spy.

He looks stern, but actually he's very kind.

He thinks he is somebody, but actually he is nobody.

He actually didn't see the accident.

He hasn't actually been to America.

He actually did it.

He looks young, but actually he is over forty.

He looked calm, but actually he was very nervous.

What did she actually say?

She doesn't actually live in Deal.

She looks young. But actually, she's over forty.

She looks actually pretty.

When you lose, you actually win.

Packaging can actually prevent certain kinds of waste.

Can computers actually translate literary works?

For example, I am in a high-level math class that actually gives me college credits for next year.

Many things are easy to talk about, but difficult to actually carry out.

However, a suitable level of stress is actually a necessary thing for your body's health.

Actually that I bring a huge volume of reference material with me is a makeshift way of preventing people from disputing my case.

Actually this will be my fourth question.

Actually if you eat beets your urine may turn a light pink colour.

You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.

This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.

"Ah ... I'm just not feeling so well" "Really? Are you OK?" "Heh-heh. Actually I'm playing hooky."

Mountain fires are thought of causing little harm with the only damage being the burning of trees and shrubs, but actually there's a hell of a 'hidden character'.

Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative.

The novel I'm writing next is set in a love hotel so I wanted to see what one actually looks like.

Actually, and I need to keep this quiet, but recently here there's a rumour that young women on this beach are having photos taken in secret of them.

Whoa, if we keep chatting, despite actually arriving early, we'll end up late!

Having failed my mock examinations any number of times, when I actually tried taking it the result was nothing I'd imagined.

I wonder if that country is actually really ready to accept a black president.

What do you actually do in the office?

That looked like Mr. Tanaka, but actually it was a shoebox.

Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.

I found out that the woman I thought was a nurse was actually a doctor.

Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.

"Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is quite a long word, isn't it?" "Yes, but do you know what it means?" "Actually, I don't." "It means fear of long words." "How ironic."

Actually, I'd also like to go.

Actually, the soup was too salty.

I'm actually a university teacher.

She looks young, but she's actually older than you are.

Actually, I don't like the way your hair is done.

In Japan you tend to use your personal seal, but actually a signature would often suffice.

"I... actually don't know that either," Dima admitted. "Sometimes, this story really doesn't make any sense."

Actually, I've seen this movie before.

I'm saying "For the sake of Earth's environment," but actually it's "For the sake of the people living on Earth."

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