Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor .
2 ‘ That meeting with Ken and his decision to make Ken 's part big made it a sort of broken-back type of play .
3 Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’
4 I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son .
5 Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see .
6 The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town .
7 ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! …
8 But they would have only given you a book for
9 Before any of the officially appointed Dealers below sell you a Saab Approved used Car it will have undergone a stringent 40 Point Check and Service by dedicated Saab-trained Technicians using factory approved equipment and only genuine Saab parts .
10 Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house .
11 Why should he suddenly grant you an audience ?
12 Killing him would only make him a martyr .
13 Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler .
14 The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set .
15 Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track .
16 Better make it a fruit juice this time , then , ’ she said .
17 Better make it a pound each . ’
18 Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two .
19 do you want some posters for Gordon and Adam , well I can only lend you a couple of ones , but those might do if she turns them over
20 It only got us the £15 at The Marquee for doing a show for Radio London , the old pirate radio station .
21 The new crossing will obviously make it a lot safer . ’
22 As they queued to pay , each of them was told : ‘ We ca n't add up your bill , so make us an offer ! ’
23 Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him .
24 We know there are plenty of you howlers out there — so send us an example of your most tuneful work , as soon as possible .
25 He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ .
26 but I mean you do n't think erm cos he said to me he said oh I suppose I 'd better buy you a Christmas present and I said yeah buy me something that I 'd use .
27 The beauty of its setting and its predominantly stone buildings , allied with its intellectual traditions , have justly earned it the title of ‘ Athens of the North ’ .
28 Only send us a sign … ’
29 I 'm glad I did n't buy a sling because I only used it a couple of times .
30 Tasteless ridicule of her religion should be absolutely forbidden in the family circle ; not only has she a right to her own beliefs , but an attack on them would be an attack on something that gives her strength and comfort and , best of all , hope as she nears the end of her life .
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