Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [modal v] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | So rarely can you actually mess up a document in such a way that is totally irretrievable than the way in which things look . |
2 | Only so can he choose whether to stay in it or leave , only so can he ever see it clearly enough to try to change it . |
3 | I said , so so shall we actually save each other time , and we 'll both come in with reasonable , reasonable , till we open our pay , you know , erm , stand-points , and he said , yeah , all right . |
4 | Freire wanted to bring people to a critical awareness of their real situation in the socio-economic context , only then could they really learn and understand . |
5 | He wanted , too , to fly out over Cape Wrath itself , and feel the sea-winds rise under his wings , for his father had said that only then could he truly call himself an eagle of Wrath . |
6 | Only then could she really afford to relax . |
7 | Once you abandoned the theorist 's armchair and his gloomy study and actually got out there among living tribesmen , then and only then could you really understand what was going on . |
8 | I would n't mind betting that Bill 's lists that you gave him actually contained all these things and only then can we actually put them down in order . |
9 | So how could she possibly tell her friend about the almost wild grief she felt at the prolonged absence of her husband ; the deep , stabbing pain in her heart when she remembered their wonderful night of passion ? |
10 | ‘ Companies ca n't tell you how many machines they have so how can they possibly protect them ? ’ said Ronald Berg , of the Scandia risk-management company in Sweden . |
11 | She was certain he would not be long , so again would we please sit by the fire . |
12 | If you think I am wrong , then fine , but you must know it 's bollocks , he must know it 's bollocks , so why must you even try to get this point across in a publication that has such a big influence on budding , enthusiastic players , a lot of whom have no other contact with the rock establishment ? |
13 | That turned out to be untrue , so why should we now believe these spurious scares about NHS trusts leading to privatisation ? |
14 | My husband Barry and I are in Box B , and it 's his birthday tonight so could you please wish him a Happy Birmday at some point during the show ? |
15 | Now , hold on , we 'll just choose the printer before we go any further Can you just put the printer off line , Liam . |
16 | It is n't a case of wanting them they 're such good knives you do n't get them at that price , too often right can we just have a look at the price of microwaves , while we 're here |
17 | [ How far away could you really see bloody Arthur 's Seat ? |
18 | Now how would you actually group those notes ? |
19 | Okay now then will you please copy precisely what is there at bar ten . |
20 | For example , if the notion of human rights is a meaningful one ( itself in hot dispute ) , and if it extends to all humans , including the severely and terminally brain-damaged , then how could we logically fail to extend the notion to at least some animals ? |
21 | The first approach replied that this was all very well but then how could we ever assess the importance of one variable against another in the overall changes ? |
22 | ‘ Then why could we never go out together to places where we might be seen and recognised after we became lovers ? ’ she demanded scornfully . |
23 | If evolution is simply a matter of selective breeding , then why can we never produce anything other than dogs from dogs , however hard we try ? |
24 | And if it was so insignificant then why can I still see that first kiss even now ? |
25 | Yet how could she possibly complain ? |
26 | Yet how could she possibly feel jealous over a man whom she had so long ago evicted from her heart ? |
27 | Right , okay well can we just leave this for a minute please because we 're not getting |