Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right so do you want to have a go at doing your one Kelly ? |
| 2 | Only locally do we seem to have an orogeny at this time , which is confused ( as so much else in stratigraphy ) by nomenclatural anomalies . |
| 3 | Following some reluctance to become involved in air pollution control , the federal government opted for a research role in 1955 and only slowly did it begin to intervene with the control policies adopted by the states . |
| 4 | The temptation to evade the truth was suddenly almost more than Harry could bear , so achingly did he want to go home . |
| 5 | So long did I have to wait , however , for that second chub , I decide to dispense with floating crust and have a shot at legered crust again . |
| 6 | No , the two pro , the thing that the two prongs sit in is cracked so naturally say it had to go into a hole that size , right ? |
| 7 | But only lately have we come to think of it as one body , however large and interconnected it may be . |
| 8 | And in fact the greater the difference is , the less easy does it become to dismiss one of the differing parties as a mere inadequate version of the other . |
| 9 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 10 | Only once have I had to put my indifference to the test by meeting an ex-boyfriend . |
| 11 | Only now have I come to understand what it was my sixth sense was trying to tell me then ; in any case it would have been too late , Aunt Nessy was waiting , and bending down , I put my arms round her , and kissed her . |
| 12 | The priest frowned and sighed , and then tried reasoning with the child , but only half-heartedly , his enthusiasm for this particular subject having long gone , so often had he had to cover this ground . |
| 13 | How long ago did you have to buy that ? |
| 14 | Only then did we begin to fear the worst . |
| 15 | Only then did I begin to see what I had been missing . |
| 16 | Only then did I turn to see what was happening , and how near my pursuer was . |
| 17 | So never say you want to walk out . |
| 18 | Generally the more expensive books would have gone already and only occasionally did I have to spend more than £5 , often far less . |
| 19 | So fascinated was he , that only occasionally did he remember to touch her , only once or twice interrupt her to bend and kiss her lips , and forgot completely his need for a cigarette . |
| 20 | But only recently have I come to think of you as stupid . |
| 21 | ‘ So seldom do I get to meet really interesting people , for any length of time , anyway . |
| 22 | This does not necessarily mean you have to go to the extent of bringing in high-power floodlights together with their attendant supply-cables . |
| 23 | Certainly his terse telephone technique had annoyed me last night , but not enough to make me want to spit at the sight of him . |
| 24 | Not only had they failed to think it through under the ‘ what if strategic planning heading , but they had also failed to consider how they were going to project the change or how the people were going to react . |
| 25 | Not only had he managed to manipulate her into going with him to Conway House but also into picking him up from his home and taking him there as well ! |
| 26 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 27 | Not only had she managed to walk past these birds , but she had done so without experiencing the usual sense of panic . |
| 28 | Not only had she failed to recapture her budgie , but she had been accused of stealing apples and brought disgrace upon the Pack ! |
| 29 | Not only had I written to ask Mr Briggs more about him , I had also written twice to Mrs Fairfax . |
| 30 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |