Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] only [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I not only require total dependence , sabiha tieghi , ’ he teased , steering her back to the shadowy bed , and drawing her into his arms against the rumpled linen sheets . |
| 2 | My world of science is so much richer than theirs , because I not only know the systematic names , but I am also fluent in the trivial ones , the scientific nicknames which allow us to chat about science over coffee . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the process started at Bristol was a beginning and has since been continued so nobly by Jo , that there are occasions now when I not only know that I am good — getting close to the shining white — but even a benefit to society ! |
| 4 | I not only applaud it , I hope I have influenced it . ’ |
| 5 | Beyond this , current sensations converge with knowledge and memory and desire to make sense of the experience of the present : I not only experience this object but I recognize it — as something of a certain kind ; as yours , as mine , as something I have seen before ; and it means something to me in terms of my appetites and needs and ambitions . |
| 6 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
| 7 | She said , ‘ Sweetie , do n't forget I not only need the right man for me , but the right stepfather for Dickie . |
| 8 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 9 | All I would say to you is that the very small primary schools I not only have to doubt the financial viability , but I personally sometimes would doubt that the National Curriculum can be delivered to a school where you 've got an age range between five and eleven and you 've only got thirty or forty children , and that is a personal point of view , which I have , erm having seen many of our schools , and I believe that the problems that some of our large urban schools have , with thirty to a class packed in , is also something we should address and give careful thought to when we are resourcing education . |
| 10 | As for the shirts , I not only do nt think there s anything wrong with wearing football shirts … in many cases its a bloody great help . |
| 11 | I generally only knit the ribber at a looser tension and leave the main bed at its usual ribbed tension . |
| 12 | I usually only put it , put it on a bit before . |
| 13 | I 've taken two at once and speed ( amphetamines ) at the same time but I 'm not silly so I usually only take one . ’ |
| 14 | As I work in the Middle East , I usually only have a short space of time while I 'm home to sort out my musical needs and Colin from my local store , Heads Hands and Feet , has helped me tremendously over the years . |
| 15 | You know , he said oh I , I usually only have one meal a day |
| 16 | ‘ I usually only scrub the front tyre when I get into a turn too hot but this is how it goes : You 're in fourth gear and jetting down to this U-turn . |
| 17 | Prior to losing the mollies ( male and female ) a number of young were produced and since I also only have one tank , I decided to try to save them by suspending a net breeding trap in the tank and transferring them to it . |
| 18 | This was such an unlooked-for success that I now only need glasses for reading . |
| 19 | Of course when you get to my age , it 's the short term memory that goes first so I really only remember players from 15 or more years ago . |
| 20 | ‘ I really only use this place when there are a lot of guests , and for balls and that sort of thing . |
| 21 | My dearest love , I chatter about all sorts of odd news , when I really only want to tell you that my real self is in your keeping . |
| 22 | One of the strong impressions that I took away from the secondment was the ability of C&P managers at all levels to use various diagrammatic models to help them not only explain the workings of the company , but to help them analyse problems and synthesize solutions . |
| 23 | It is best to hide scale patterns by introducing leaps which not only hide this weakness in the system , but also allow stronger , more memorable phrase contours . |
| 24 | Protests are uncommon here since it is in each sailor 's own interest to avoid high speed collisions which not only ruin your chances but can be quite dangerous . |
| 25 | I hope they will allow access to hopes and expectations that partnerships can achieve profoundly important objectives which not only secure economic needs , but also transform how education is delivered , governed and perceived . |
| 26 | They were catapulted back on their own ball , which not only put the pressure on Nicol but meant there could be no back-row moves to take the heat off the threequarters . |
| 27 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 28 | This system was to be the predecessor of the various experiments under the Tudors to exercise special control in the North , measures which not only reflect the problems of governing a region remote from the centre of public power but also tell us something about the tensions between a local aristocracy and the Crown . |
| 29 | It has been suggested that bonfires , which not only cause objectionable odours and smoke , but also release polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into the atmosphere which in sufficient concentrations could constitute a health hazard , ought not to be permitted between certain set hours . |
| 30 | Additional problems are created by the heaviness of the monsoon rains which not only wash the sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen out of the air and over the marble but further erode any weaknesses in the stone . |