Example sentences of "not only [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ London cows ’ , as Godwin observes , ‘ are , in many cases , kept in places where the poor brutes are not only destroyed themselves , but are made the cause of destruction to those living around . |
| 2 | Farr-Jones has not only proven himself to be the world 's leading scrum-half , but his captaincy over the past four years has grown in maturity and stature with each test and tour match . |
| 3 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 4 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 5 | Looking into her great eyes , their blue so dark that it was almost black , he was uncomfortably aware that having Miss Sally-Anne McAllister in the house was a most disturbing influence on a man who had not only denied himself sexually for some years , but who had rarely mixed with young women at all since he had left the army . |
| 6 | But you 've not only got yourself to think of . " |