Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe . |
| 2 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 3 | Which not only guarantees you the widest choice possible but also allows you complex control over the design of your beautiful new custom-built bedroom . |
| 4 | I only asked him the other day |
| 5 | Oh , so you do n't so told you the first year ! |
| 6 | Making a test piece will not only give you the correct tension but will also show up how often you need to cross the cables . |
| 7 | The most prominent families had no objection to service — it had long offered them the surest route to power , wealth , and prestige . |
| 8 | The wide strip will contain a language pattern which is well known to the pupils , eg give him the large book . |
| 9 | But this only tells us the earliest date at which the book could have been written , not the latest date , which is of more interest . |
| 10 | ‘ But you only saw me the other night ! |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I think you had better tell me the whole story . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 'd better tell me the whole story , Charles . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 14 | Because his refusal to be sincere about his feelings toward her leads her further away from her own values , she begins to resent the way in which he constantly gives her the linguistic slip : ‘ Concepts which still meant much to her , by which she had once lived , were swerved aside with a smart epigram , a pun , a quotation , a dirty story ’ ( 170 ) . |
| 15 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 16 | Terry eagerly gave me the whole picture ; he seemed to know enough about Pyke to write his biography . |
| 17 | Although , ’ he added ruefully , ‘ I much prefer it the usual way . ’ |
| 18 | When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth . |
| 19 | She knocked on his door and asked if he would be kind enough to show her the famous bird . |
| 20 | The canny scribe had just persuaded the RAF to effectively give him the ultimate freebie , one which will remain the envy of flying hacks everywhere for many decades to come . |
| 21 | I have just given you the traditional quantum mechanical recipe for calculating probabilities . |
| 22 | Well it was like the two soldiers and the one person just holds it the other person just tried and knock the head off . |
| 23 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 24 | Though it would be a great personal sadness to have to do it , it would nevertheless give her the greatest satisfaction to see Kirsty settled in a warm and loving family . |
| 25 | Right , so when you measure that , okay , you best put it the right way up so you can see what you 're doing , and we 'll turn it back in a minute . |
| 26 | ‘ You set up this whole thing deliberately , just to cause me the maximum amount of aggravation , did n't you ? |
| 27 | Er … forgot who this is … so let's just give him the popular name ‘ Local ’ , when in fact he probably is n't . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll just give you the overall concept of the thing , and it 's up to you how to interpret as you see fit . ’ |
| 29 | Well we 'll put it just put it the other side of the line . |
| 30 | Certainly such people existed , but the man who allowed his mind and soul to be ruled by their existence had already handed them the better part of the argument . |