Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] be [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So where were you last night ? ’ |
| 2 | We live in a hi-tech society , so why is it few people can pass a fountain or a well without dropping in a coin ? |
| 3 | Then Harriet Shakespeare said , more softly and sounding puzzled , ‘ So why is it any use talking to me ? |
| 4 | The advantages of Bt toxins are obvious : not only are they natural proteins that readily degrade in the environment , but they are highly specific for crop-destroying caterpillars ( Lepidoptera ) , flies ( Diptera ) , or beetles and weevils ( Coleoptera ) ; they do not harm vertebrates . |
| 5 | Not only are they dramatic representations of personal and social events , they are also outward expressions of inner emotional feelings . |
| 6 | Not only is it good value for money , it 's clear that a great deal of thought has been given to the virus problem and how to cure it . |
| 7 | He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well . |
| 8 | First , medical treatment other than symptom control or management is uncalled-for as a matter of law and , indeed , is inappropriate ; not only is it unethical conduct , but the doctor could also be subject to legal sanction . |
| 9 | Not only is it little consolation , he wrote , it is actually a further cause for despair , for it only shows that everything is far too late , that the glass was a dream of lateness and the work on the glass was a fantasy of lateness and the belief in the glass was the madness of one who has lost all sense of the meaning of lateness . |
| 10 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
| 11 | Not only were they prolific breeding stock , but some very useful dogs were to appear from their matings . |
| 12 | Well where was she this morning when I was phoning ? |
| 13 | Were not gon na have , were not gon na have quite enough are we this time , I think if perhaps the people who come regularly , erm perhaps could take first , erm I do n't know , you , we have ten , is it ten ? |
| 14 | No longer is it any use making a note in your diary at home about the meal you 'll be enjoying at a friend 's on Wednesday night . |
| 15 | Where where was it that anaesthetist stayed that you and |