Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply to say ‘ I was going to speak to you about a wonderfully deserving and little-known charity but the producers have only given me twenty-two seconds because they 're cutting straight to a sponsored lard-slice in Abergavenny , so I wo n't . ’ |
| 2 | . He 's only given you one of those . |
| 3 | I 've only given you one sprout so you 're alright . |
| 4 | The genie comes out and goes you , I can only grant you one wish , think carefully . |
| 5 | I mean , you 're only using it one day a week . |
| 6 | Oh , and you better make it five cos |
| 7 | Better make it fifty , he thought , seeing himself distributing them like Christmas cards . |
| 8 | All the same , he thought , better make it fifty . |
| 9 | Plaice , then , and two helpings — better make it three if Faustina was to be included — perhaps ‘ portions ’ was the word — and some chips . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Lawler will be upset that I 'm only bringing him eight brace , but I did my best , ’ Maggie said as they pulled away . |
| 11 | ‘ Mind you only make it five . |
| 12 | The two companies broke off negotiations in December only to restart them two weeks ago . |
| 13 | Yeah , she only charged me two fifty today . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , to let Blackbeard know we only charged him fifty per cent for returning it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I only charged them fifty pence so we wo n't get rich on that , but it 's probably done our reputation a lot of good . ’ |
| 16 | His three-year contract with Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 17 | His three-year contract with Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 18 | Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 19 | You see i well you , you better give me ten pound or I 'll thump you ! |
| 20 | I 've only noticed it five years , it looks filthy , although it 's been in the car wash . |
| 21 | Well you better bring me two back just in case . |
| 22 | And I 'd only done them ten minutes before |
| 23 | You 've only got to go up here , they only charge you ten pence for a sheet , get a great big , actually I could type . |
| 24 | And he filled up and it only cost me five to tenner a week . |
| 25 | Phil 's just landed on it , it 's only cost him fifty quid ! |
| 26 | so they did n't , it only cost them thirty quid for carpet |
| 27 | We , we hired one of these little ones , we did get a bigger for the , only cost us fifteen quid to hire three chain saws for the day . |
| 28 | I mean , only cost you five hundred anyway ! |
| 29 | He says no , he says we 've thought about it , I says well you really ought to have it I says if you 're dial dialling a lot of erm , cos they dial a lot of these insurance companies and er mortgage lenders , the head offices , they 're always out in Ottingham , I said the Mercury pin number only cost you seven pound fifty a year , I says you think you can save that in a week so er ha so erm he was on about it , he says who 's the cheapest for that ? |
| 30 | How can you , when you 've only met them five minutes ago ? |