Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 3 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 4 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 5 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 6 | The Government have put large sums of money into the public services for many years , but have not proclaimed it as a great virtue . |
| 7 | Owner Dave Vernon has lately replaced it with a rare late-sixties single-tailed Mooney M-10 Cadet version ( right ) which he flew solo from Los Angeles to Miami . |
| 8 | I had already discussed it with a fair proportion of them as individuals in the previous weeks . |
| 9 | The Provisional IRA have also used it on a few occasions . |
| 10 | and they 've also got it in a dark green which is really nice . |
| 11 | He 'd probably achieved it on a pleasant little trip to the Bahamas . |
| 12 | Since then , we have increased it by £225 million and have now raised it by a further £342 million . |
| 13 | Carritt bought it , correctly identified it as a lost early work , and magnanimously sold it to the National Gallery , London , far below the market price . |
| 14 | I 've even seen it on a Finnish bus-shelter . |
| 15 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 16 | Well , I have n't seen it in a little box yet . |
| 17 | And I ai n't done , I ai n't got it to a thousand yet . |
| 18 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 19 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 20 | Federalists and functionalists alike regarded it as a great achievement and a decisive breakthrough in the fight for a united Europe , and immediately set out to make the new body a more effective organ of integration than was apparent in its charter . |
| 21 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 22 | Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has . |