Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It had not perhaps been entirely a surprise but certainly a delight . |
2 | ‘ Oh , we 've only been here a couple of days . |
3 | ‘ She 's only been here a couple of times , when I needed to work on some papers very urgently . ’ |
4 | She 's only been here a day . |
5 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
6 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
7 | ‘ My God , you 've only been here a week , and already … ’ |
8 | I 've only been here a month meself , and I 'm on nights for the extra money . |
9 | ‘ It is , ’ I told him , ‘ It 's only been there a couple of years . |
10 | Well you 've bloody registered and you 've only been back a month have n't you ? |
11 | ‘ The band had only been together a couple of months before we started recording that album , so we did n't have time to think about it too much — we just went in and did it . |
12 | Therefore the lists of reasons below are merely an indication of the range , rather than a ranking . |
13 | er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this |
14 | Testers ' comments : Patricia : ‘ This is well-designed and stylish , has a handy pocket at the front , and the adjustable , padded nylon straps give added support so are n't a strain on the back . |
15 | The intimate details of Kahlo 's and Rivera 's life together are also the subject of a Mexican/U.S. -financed film which started to be made last month by the American director Luis Valdez . |
16 | So be quite a time before |
17 | In taking this view we are not denying that the loss of liberty may actually be necessary in a few extreme cases and this should only be where the child presents a significant danger to him or herself or where there is a significant risk of major further offending and severe damage to community . |
18 | ‘ I 'll only be about an hour — I hope . |
19 | Fully conforming to British safety and design standards , its features include a low-battery signal , to tell you when the battery needs replacing ( which should only be once a year ) , and it comes complete with a five-year warranty and full instructions on use . |
20 | You 'll only be there a couple of days at the most . |
21 | Numbers alone were not the essence of the matter . |
22 | Now according to Hahnemann being better is n't a sign to stop the medicine , his argument is that the symptoms may be gone but the patient has not yet demonstrated that the predisposition has been removed . |
23 | What began as a means of seeing how things might be done better is now a philosophy of ensuring that things go on being done better towards a goal which will be forever just over the horizon . |
24 | But that apparently is not the case . ’ |
25 | And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities . |
26 | Working together is surely the answer . |
27 | In fact , Pet Shop Boys , Literally is n't a book ; it 's a list of what the Pet Shop Boys buy , what they hear , what songs they perform , who they meet , what Neil says , what Chris says . |
28 | I do not envy those who only see in them the messengers of evil tidings , forebodings of rain , and who think the landscape is devoid of loveliness because the sun does not shine — because there is not an Italian sky overhead , and that the open car or gig he travels in is not a Pullman car . |
29 | Very often it 's to try and take advantage of price deals , but also it 's because we now know there perhaps is n't the urgency to buy a holiday in February because we know there 'll be plenty around still in June or July . |
30 | so there obviously is n't the need and the demand that people think |