Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like any CD-ROM system , it effectively only does one thing at a time . |
| 2 | For every pub mentioned that is still standing you get one point ; for every pub long since gone two points . |
| 3 | I stopped at the Duke of Wellington — a scruffy corner boozer off Union Street — just long enough to buy two cheese rolls and a can of low-al lager to go . |
| 4 | The hide was twelve inches deep , both wide and long enough to fit one man and his equipment in . |
| 5 | ‘ Whether it distracted everyone else long enough to slip five drops of something into Mrs Iverson 's coffee , I would n't know , Inspector . ’ |
| 6 | He spoke of his incentive to art as being that of ‘ exhilarated despair ’ and from nearly all of his paintings there emerges a scream as chilling as that which Munch so memorably depicted 99 years ago . |
| 7 | So so bring two vegetables , not one . |
| 8 | Dorigo ran down inside left 30–40 yards unchallenged , hit a through ball which Wallace ran across from right centre onto . |
| 9 | So put down , I 've only just missed two things out on health , there was the breathing and erm should be standing in for me on all four feet behind but not four it 's quite normal |
| 10 | ‘ I 've only just had one slug of that . |
| 11 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 12 | Well sort , there sort of like little coves are n't they and they 're you can only just see one van from where they are . |
| 13 | Egon Zehnder has only ever employed 140 consultants , and 100 of those are still with the firm . |
| 14 | She had only ever loved one man — and tomorrow the barrier that stood between them would finally be removed , when Anna married another . |
| 15 | I read in a newspaper recently that he 'd said , ‘ I 've only ever done one chat show and I 'll never do another one . ’ |
| 16 | But Alex dismisses hippy tags as totally misguided , claiming he only ever enjoyed one Steve Hillage album — ‘ Rainbow Dome Music ’ — which he was spinning in a club when Hillage himself came over and made contact . |
| 17 | I 've only ever made one record , a Christmas song called ‘ Tonight for Santa Claus ’ . |
| 18 | Can it be true that , master of an essentially observational science , he has only ever made one observation in his life ( that is to say down the mines in Lancashire ) ? |
| 19 | I I I take it a great er , challenge now , I 've only ever lost three delegates , only three delegates ever walked out on course on me , so , do n't , you know , do n't ruin my |
| 20 | Note that this direct hit can only ever affect one model . |
| 21 | This will not be a problem if you only ever use one program , but if you are ever tempted to upgrade to a more powerful word-processor , changing the ‘ brand ’ could mean starting from scratch . |
| 22 | It 's it 's odd though to see David being so positive in the penalty area because he 's only ever scored four league goals you know |
| 23 | Des Walker 's only ever scored two goals in a forest shirt , and one of them was in his own net . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've only ever known one way to play the game , and that is to pass the ball on the floor . |
| 25 | However , such is the current power and purpose of a team who 'd only ever won four times before the start of this season , that nothing less than victory will do to complete a remarkable transformation from perennial under-achievers to Championship top dogs . |
| 26 | And I 've only ever trusted one person completely in my life . |
| 27 | With the current growth of interest in Briggs ' work , it is intriguing to note that Briggs only ever published one paper on Sanskrit which , at the time , was poorly received and thought to be a cul-de-sac or at best a side road . |
| 28 | As she comes to , outside the duty-free wristwatches , it suddenly occurs to her that she 's only ever had one holiday with Chris before , and that was three days in northern France . |
| 29 | She had only ever had one man before in her life . |
| 30 | He had only ever had one bit of trouble with him personally , but he remembered it well , He had caught Nigger , then fourteen years old , putting a sleeper across the rails , just to see what would happen to the train . |