Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pers pn] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sipping at the wine and finding it quite pleasant , she asked quietly , ‘ How long have you known the colonel ? |
| 2 | Long have I combed the vilest quarters of this town on fruitless search for thee . |
| 3 | Not only have they suffered the nightmares of the civil war , but as each day has passed , they 've known that their daughter has moved a stage closer to death . |
| 4 | And while acknowledging that some women wreak inhumanity on others , Kennedy argues that jailed mothers are crushed by a double burden ; not only have they broken the law , but they feel ( as does society ) that they have failed their children . |
| 5 | So not only have they got the cheap labour , they 've got the cheap and highly effective machinery . |
| 6 | ‘ Not only have we lost a centre-half , we have also lost the leadership of Gough — his absence is a big blow . ’ |
| 7 | But not only have we had the Great Fire of London we 've had other disasters in the country apart from disasters of the Great War and the er Second World War . |
| 8 | So as you can see not only have we designed a gas cooker which looks impressive in the most modern of kitchens or traditional wooden cabinetry . |
| 9 | So I hope , very much , that erm , at the end of the current financial year , I shall be able to give a even more optimistic erm , report , that not only have we brought the current account deficit under control , but that in fact , the organisation is in a much healthier financial position for the long term . |
| 10 | Not only have I lost a whole tankful of young swords , but also young Apistogramma cacotuodes and more recently young Aulonacara nyassae , all within two to five hours of feeding apparently clean , washed tubifex . |
| 11 | Not only have I got a career that I can earn money from . |
| 12 | Not only have you achieved a real goal , well , almost , but from now on there will be no more excuses , no more ‘ false ceilings ’ for projects and ambitions — this is just the beginning of a very new and different life for you . |
| 13 | Erm , not only have you got no full stops but in this stanza when he 's talking about the fox moving you 've got no commas at the end of the lines . |
| 14 | Well not only have you got a bit missing , you had n't had anything to eat for ages did you ? |
| 15 | So have we taken a decision to target Bishopgate then ? |
| 16 | So have I got a new song |
| 17 | So have I solved the problem of how and where chicks make memories ? |
| 18 | So have you had a good time then ? |
| 19 | So have you got a nice to go with this promotion ? |
| 20 | so have you got the job ? |
| 21 | Baseball in Boston possesses the elements of Homeric tragedy ; for 73 years lofty aspirations and noble skills have brought the cup of ultimate triumph close to the lips of the Old Towne team — but not once have they downed the draught . |
| 22 | Never once have I dipped a finger into that money-bag , however fat it bulged and however heavy it weighed ; it was always brought straight home to you … every farthing that crossed my palm . ’ |
| 23 | probably have it cut the same way |
| 24 | How often have we heard the Association lashed by the Banks for our alleged failure to accept Independent Third Party decisions ? |
| 25 | Only too often have I witnessed a bad bass destroying , single handedly , a promising performance of the Messiah . |
| 26 | Never before have I heard a would-be Prime Minister show such a crass insensitivity as to what can and can not be done , with propriety , in this particular free society . |
| 27 | NEVER before have I seen a more pressing need for a statement from Dame Barbara Cartland . |
| 28 | Yeah well I do n't see any point in starting and stopping really Have you got the |
| 29 | Now have they got a directive to look after the front now or not ? |
| 30 | Now have you learnt the formula for integrating a product ? some people do . |