Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply to say ‘ I was going to speak to you about a wonderfully deserving and little-known charity but the producers have only given me twenty-two seconds because they 're cutting straight to a sponsored lard-slice in Abergavenny , so I wo n't . ’ |
| 2 | I 've only given you one sprout so you 're alright . |
| 3 | The genie comes out and goes you , I can only grant you one wish , think carefully . |
| 4 | I mean , you 're only using it one day a week . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Lawler will be upset that I 'm only bringing him eight brace , but I did my best , ’ Maggie said as they pulled away . |
| 6 | The two companies broke off negotiations in December only to restart them two weeks ago . |
| 7 | ‘ I only charged them fifty pence so we wo n't get rich on that , but it 's probably done our reputation a lot of good . ’ |
| 8 | His three-year contract with Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 9 | His three-year contract with Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 10 | Wigan only allows him one season abroad and he does not believe Britain 's champion team will permit him to play club football in Australia again . |
| 11 | You see i well you , you better give me ten pound or I 'll thump you ! |
| 12 | I 've only noticed it five years , it looks filthy , although it 's been in the car wash . |
| 13 | And I 'd only done them ten minutes before |
| 14 | You 've only got to go up here , they only charge you ten pence for a sheet , get a great big , actually I could type . |
| 15 | Phil 's just landed on it , it 's only cost him fifty quid ! |
| 16 | so they did n't , it only cost them thirty quid for carpet |
| 17 | We , we hired one of these little ones , we did get a bigger for the , only cost us fifteen quid to hire three chain saws for the day . |
| 18 | He says no , he says we 've thought about it , I says well you really ought to have it I says if you 're dial dialling a lot of erm , cos they dial a lot of these insurance companies and er mortgage lenders , the head offices , they 're always out in Ottingham , I said the Mercury pin number only cost you seven pound fifty a year , I says you think you can save that in a week so er ha so erm he was on about it , he says who 's the cheapest for that ? |
| 19 | How can you , when you 've only met them five minutes ago ? |
| 20 | But I can only give you one answer . |
| 21 | whether it 's the afternoon or an evening or weekend it 's still the same price , but the , the mental patient actually employs you , you 're not employed by the hospital , but they can only give you ten hours a week which is five session so that 's only sort of twenty seven quid a week so you 're |
| 22 | They 'll only give you three months of Sky programmes . |
| 23 | Team secretary David Morris said : ‘ Ian only joined us three weeks ago because he had discipline problems at his last club . |
| 24 | You 've only had it two minutes . |
| 25 | She only give her two bits of toast . |
| 26 | I only give him one pound twenty . |
| 27 | And by the way , if we only give you fifty percent we 'll allow you to rattle our cage , which is a bit of a cheek really , but we 'll allow it . |
| 28 | They only give you one year labour . |
| 29 | If you only give us fifty percent , well I think we 've got funny conversations . |
| 30 | In November 1979 the Iranians had taken over the American Embassy in Teheran and held the staff hostage for 444 days , only releasing them 30 minutes after Carter had left office . |