Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You once said if there was anything you could do to help me I had only to come to you and ask . |
| 2 | Candidates in local elections can expect their followers not only to vote for them but to campaign for them as well . |
| 3 | He had a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field for him . |
| 4 | The Holy Spirit is God 's gift to us , and he means us not just to read about him but to make use of him . |
| 5 | This is the simplest component of legal aid , but alterations and adjustments to it make it best to think of it as encompassing a number of different types of help . |
| 6 | Would you guys like to look at me and ask a answer a question . |
| 7 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 8 | You should telephone before venturing to a place for the first time , but it is probably wise also to go by yourself and have a look , to check whether you can manoeuvre the patient in and out of the building easily , and whether the toilet facilities are suitable . |
| 9 | Yes , that , that 's , that 's very much part of it , but we want , you know history 's only , only made by people , it 's made by every , you know , all of us really , so you know , we 're asking for groups now to come to us and say , you know , ‘ we want to do a project on X to do with the motorway ’ , and we 'll be prepared to , you know , back it up as much as we can . |
| 10 | There were no rows upon rows of mean , diseased little cottages now to press upon her and worry her . |
| 11 | If you 've got travel agents round every street corner then it 's very easy simply to walk into them and buy a package on the spot . |
| 12 | When they stepped out on to the track some twenty paces from him he only turned his head slowly to glance at them and made no other movement . |
| 13 | Inchbad had moved across to sit beside her and had taken her hand between his finger and thumb and was exclaiming what a pretty little thing she was and it the shame of the world that her brother had had to ride of land leave her all alone . |
| 14 | ‘ No , but I 've yet to come across anything that looks like a motive for murder . |