Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O' course , I only knew him a few years after he got married . |
| 2 | I only asked him the other day |
| 3 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 4 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
| 5 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 6 | I only gave him that much , I only gave him a tiny drop to take , I said it 's medicinal really like my Brandy Port . |
| 7 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
| 8 | Usually I only see them every three months or so . |
| 9 | Although , ’ he added ruefully , ‘ I much prefer it the usual way . ’ |
| 10 | But I just wash it every other day . |
| 11 | . I just gave him a quick brush tonight . |
| 12 | So I just gave them the statutory amount per tape |
| 13 | , but she told Helen , I just called her an old cow and she put the phoned down , well if she thought I said cow , well I do n't know but she went and used that . |
| 14 | Medicine is n't definite at all ; I just call it a positive subject — you always get an answer . |
| 15 | I do n't think I ever gave him a wrong 'un , though . |
| 16 | I always find it a difficult binocular object ; I can just see it with × 20 , but I am not confident that I can identify it with a lower magnification . |
| 17 | I always find it the reddest of the brilliant stars , though there is not a great deal of colour-difference between it and Betelgeux ; the name ‘ Antares ’ means ‘ the Rival of Ares ’ ( Mars ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Indeed I always considered him a loyal servant of the crown . ’ |
| 19 | I always considered him a magnificent writer of prose . |
| 20 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
| 21 | But I still feel it the same , but not as much as this lot . |
| 22 | ‘ Knowledge , ’ he insisted lightly , ‘ I have to confess that I still find you an unusual and delightful companion — an astonishingly beautiful young woman ; and while I watched you in Wexford market I felt — drawn . |
| 23 | After sixteen years of fishing for zander I still find it a magical absorbing pastime . |
| 24 | ‘ Carry my respectful greetings and compliments to your kinsmen , Gwilym and Rhys ap Tudor and their brothers , and say I still owe them a shrewd knock for their taking of Conway on Good Friday of last year . |
| 25 | A sudden dedication to a foreign influence like Hegel or Derrida , brief but intense , is about the only thing there is that can cause the British to lose a sense of humour or a sense of proportion , and during the first London production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 I was reproached by strangers seated around me for laughing , though I still think it a funny play . |
| 26 | ‘ When I give you knowledge of these skills , I also give you a heavy responsibility , ’ he had said . |
| 27 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 28 | I went along with this , I even called him a wild buffalo of the American prairie ; but perhaps he was really just a parrot . |
| 29 | This time I simply wrote him a decent-sized cheque and told him not to worry about repaying it . |
| 30 | I simply gave him a cool look . |