Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remortgaging can effectively deliver you a cheaper deal . |
| 2 | Adjuring Theda , in the prettiest way , to wait for her here , Miss Merchiston then escorted Mr Quatt to the front door , presumably bidding him a fond farewell in the sickeningly sugary tone she had chosen to adopt towards him . |
| 3 | Natural aptitude and a career in radio , film and television had helped him become an outstanding communicator — a strength chat not only made him a formidable campaigner , but also equipped him for the business of government in the television age . |
| 4 | They obviously hate you a great deal . ’ |
| 5 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 6 | After the two pictures for Leone , Van Cleef stayed in Europe to make pale imitations of them and only returned to Hollywood in 1970 for El Condor which unwisely made him a sympathetic character . |
| 7 | It only revealed what a warm , decent nature you have . ’ |
| 8 | But better make it a small one — If I 'm driving . ’ |
| 9 | Well better make it a four then . |
| 10 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
| 11 | We only make it a hundred miles or so before evening falls . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're going to hafta give a big coffee party for the auto buyer from Henderson and Company , so make it a nice one . ’ |
| 14 | He eased back from her , only allowing himself a partial penetration . |
| 15 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 16 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
| 17 | One problem is that we do not necessarily know what a particular wavefunction looks like , and it is here that the LCAO approach to the construction of molecular orbitals is very useful . |
| 18 | But I notice , little madam , you were pleased enough to find yourself a good Catholic … . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 21 | You had better give me a few days . |
| 22 | when he gets , when daddy comes home you 'd better give him a big cuddle and ask him |
| 23 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
| 24 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 25 | As Engels noted , women contribute differentially to the processes of production in different types of society but the contribution of women in the production of the most important goods of the society does not necessarily give them a high status as he thought . |
| 26 | A collection of questions will not necessarily give you a coherent focus for your essay , so you need to encapsulate as many as you can in a single basic question . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | He refused and Universal countered that they would merely give it a limited showing . |
| 30 | For some years I tended to assume that the computers would merely give us a better documented description of the language , but I do not think that that position remains tenable . |