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
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