Example sentences of "only [vb base] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only make it sound as if you really believe it this time . ’ |
| 2 | The unkind things your husband says to you not only make you feel bad but also make him feel better . |
| 3 | He only let her see what he wanted her to see , gave no hint of what he was really like , not the man inside . |
| 4 | Use a sunscreen with a SPF greater than 10 from 6 months onwards , and then only let them stay in the sun for short periods . |
| 5 | Colin and John wish to thank White 's Electronics for the posters , key-rings and badges they supplied and Denise Rushton , who not only let them have exhibition space free of charge , but also travelled from Leicester to Telford to meet them on the day . |
| 6 | Only let him reach Eretz ; Palestine was his star of hope , his refuge . |
| 7 | Only let him reach Eretz . |
| 8 | Only let him reach Eretz . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’ |
| 10 | Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 . |
| 11 | I have discovered that not only do they pass their shape and colour , but behavioural patterns as well . |
| 12 | Not only do they defecate communally in special latrine areas , but they ‘ paste ’ . |
| 13 | Many of the mutations in colorectal cancer are of a dominant-negative type — that is , not only do they result in loss of tumour suppressor activity , they also confer the ability to transform NIH/3T3 cells . |
| 14 | Not only do they consume more natural resources , they also produce more pollution . |
| 15 | Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust . |
| 16 | Not only do they fail to express what it is like to be a sea-urchin , fly , or dog , but they also fail to articulate the specific psychological functions involved . |
| 17 | Not only do they do you a world of good if you drink them but they also have cosmetic uses . |
| 18 | Not only do they move into sheds in cold weather and eat your fruits , vegetables and bulbs in store , but they eat seedlings , especially hellebores , in the frame . |
| 19 | But here the descriptions play an important role , and serious students would do well to read them carefully ; for not only do they tell more than any photograph ever can , including technical details of construction , but , when studied with the photographs , or in front of the objects themselves , they are invaluable in helping to focus on the many significant details which might otherwise go unnoticed . |
| 20 | Not only do they send a bigger share of their exports to America , but they are also facing fierce competition from American firms in third markets . |
| 21 | Not only do they represent the first substantial draft of much of the material that was to be more fully worked out there . |
| 22 | Not only do they record the history of their localities , they are themselves the product of history , played on a far wider stage . |
| 23 | Not only do they reflect the significance of each part of the ancient ritual , but also the solemn chant of the singers during the ceremonies and later the raucous shouts of the guests at the feast . |
| 24 | Not only do they bring a new breadth of variety , a chance to inject powerful statements of character , and a different level and pace of creativity ; they are great fun as well . |
| 25 | Not only do they bring symmetry by removing the order of assignments , but by allowing such assignments as unc they will allow us to eliminate all assignments to bound variables . |
| 26 | Not only do they alter the physiognomy of the landscape but also the geomorphic , pedologic and hydrological processes . |
| 27 | Essentially , occupational pension schemes are designed — by men with male ‘ family wage-earners ’ and male middle-class career patterns in mind , so not only do they exclude the majority of part-time workers , but they tend to assume that earnings peak in the final years of working life , which is much less often the case for women than for men . |
| 28 | Not only do they receive the first offers of any work that is available ( and in other than special circumstances always accept such offers ) , but also the organisations for which they work undertake a sufficient volume of business to make offers of work for many days each week and for most weeks of the year . |
| 29 | Our data also suggest that the team model of professional/paraprofessional staff deployment has high potential for maximizing the contribution of available personnel to the helping process and , if paraprofessional social service workers are to function at their best level , not only do they require appropriate training but professional workers also need to be trained to work with them . |
| 30 | Not only do they save you lots of points a season , an excellent keeper can give a whole side that extra feeling of confidence . |