He seems never to have participated in any actual fighting.

Report to me every morning until we move into actual fighting.

They were miles away from the actual fighting, entirely dependent on the reports coming in.

While not involved in the actual fighting, he did try to separate the players.

All the actual fighting was just the cherry on the cake, so to speak.

This group was not expected to take part in the actual fighting.

In the offensive, most of the Iraqi forces have done little actual fighting.

The actual fighting had been somewhere beyond them, where he could not see it.

The actual fighting went on for close to two seasons.

Some of them have had lessons for years, but no actual fighting.