Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 2 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 3 | ‘ They have all given me a tremendous amount of help , and I know that any help or guidance I want in the future will be there . |
| 4 | But it is that same obstinacy or , put another way , determination to win , that has not only made him a successful captain , but also into one of the most feared batsmen in the world . |
| 5 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 6 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 7 | Would Sue ( she hardly knew her , after all , had only met her a few minutes ago ) really let her share the little bubble of love that sealed her and Pete up together and away from the rest of the world ? |
| 8 | The most prominent families had no objection to service — it had long offered them the surest route to power , wealth , and prestige . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'd only had it a short time but it was very tame and friendly . |
| 10 | Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper . |
| 11 | I have been constantly told what a fine man he was and I regret not being able to experience and appreciate his qualities first-hand as I have grown from a child to an adult . |
| 12 | Perhaps if I move on I think we 've perhaps got one a little bit bigger . |
| 13 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 14 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
| 15 | You 're just from the YTS. — You 've only known her a few weeks . |
| 16 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The authorities have only allowed me a little time with you . |
| 18 | The argument was both flattering and convenient — so convenient that the middle classes were inclined to take it over from the aristocrats ( who had long fancied themselves a superior race ) for internal as well as international purposes : the poor were poor because they were biologically inferior and conversely , if citizens belonged to ‘ lower races ’ , it was no wonder that they stayed poor and backward . |
| 19 | He had only kissed her a few times before , yet his taste was as familiar as the beat of his heart beneath her hand as she clutched his shirt . |
| 20 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |
| 21 | It is not generally realised what a tiny percentage of our current dollar bill would be sufficient to buy another 100,000 houses ' worth of dollar timber . |
| 22 | She could have passed by without rumbling the Josephites , or just given them a light pasting and taken their food and fuel . |
| 23 | The bruiser had just given her a growling look . |
| 24 | I 'm supposed to think that you 've just given me the OK . ’ |
| 25 | They 've just given you a first read . |
| 26 | I have just given you the traditional quantum mechanical recipe for calculating probabilities . |
| 27 | We have not just heard what the official Opposition have to say , or what the Government have said in the autumn statement ; we have heard what the Opposition 's opposition suggest , in the form of the amendment tabled by the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) . |
| 28 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 29 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 30 | He looked up now as she entered — Freddie had already given her a spare key — and said , pleasantly enough , ‘ Hello , Liza . |