Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being with the nuns only made it feel worse . |
| 2 | Not only did it contain riveting performances from David Threlfall and our own Adrian Dunbar , it also delivered a fast-moving plot involving more twists than Chubby Checker . |
| 3 | Not only did it win 13 of the 14 constituency seats ( 92.9% ) : it managed to do so on an average constituency vote of no more than 43.5% , which was further reduced by the usual leakage to a list vote of 41.8% . |
| 4 | How long did it take one man . |
| 5 | I mean how long did it take that washer a week , if that |
| 6 | And the first one is , Is the policy required and if so does it give sufficient guidance . |
| 7 | For not only does it contain one of the largest conurbations outside London , but it also includes some thinly populated territory as well as smaller towns and rural districts . |
| 8 | In fact , I would argue that not only does it do this , but that it goes much further , indicting all men in complicity for rape and insisting that they share the guilt . |
| 9 | Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete . |
| 10 | Not only does it involve large sums of money but , for the vast majority of us , most , if not all , of the money has to be borrowed . |
| 11 | But not only does it have some , it has some astonishing rarities . |
| 12 | Not only does it look good to have ‘ published works ’ on your CV , the process of researching and creating something new keeps you in touch with developments in your field , and you may make contact with experts . |
| 13 | Not only does it look handsome , but its gleaming white walls provide ideal opportunities for Paul Pyant 's brilliant lighting to mirror the drama 's changing moods . |
| 14 | So prices have tend to have fallen on world markets for agricultural goods because of support right , and they 've also become a lot more volatile and that , and that is the er the source of the international frustration with erm the common agricultural policy and this is why we 've got agriculture er being introduced into the G A T T. Not only does it impose huge costs on domestic tax payers and consumers , it also in incurs erm a large cost on third country exporters , right now if you think that most of those countries may well be developing countries and agricultural output is their only source of foreign exchange erm then er the policies of the rich countries in the West are erm a actively erm hindering the development prospects of developing countries alright and that may not be the desired intention . |
| 15 | Not only does it close four more pits but it threatens five power stations in the area . |
| 16 | FG : How long does it take each of you to complete a picture ? |
| 17 | Now Saint Marcus had to put all that lot together to make it look right and make it make sense , with hindsight , bringing all the important pieces together . |
| 18 | Adding some formatting to the spreadsheet not only makes it look better but makes it less likely that you will enter the wrong data for the percentage . |
| 19 | Anna only makes it sound Victorian . ’ |
| 20 | For as long as it seemed remotely relevant , the tactic never failed ; and it was easy enough to make it seem relevant in the atmosphere of international hostility of 1945 . |
| 21 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 22 | Tomorrow will start frosty , but the mostly sunny skies will soon make it feel warmer . |
| 23 | Alright , I mean , erm , I do n't know if you 'll be able to see this right , erm , let's just do it like that , I have n't got the overhead with me today . |
| 24 | But you have to hold it down like that , and not let it burst free and flop trembling onto the table . ’ |
| 25 | He says , well , it 's your job not to let it go wrong , I said , I did n't let it go wrong . |
| 26 | and then lo , look at it and then just do it like that . |
| 27 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
| 28 | But the effect on the host warbler is not , of course , just to make it look ridiculous — the bird that rears the parasitic fledgling will fail to rear young of its own . |
| 29 | The varnish will deepen or ‘ yellow ’ the paper slightly but this generally makes it look richer and more interesting . |
| 30 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |