Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were so badly treated they had to be humanly destroyed . |
| 2 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 3 | One has rarely heard him sing with more authority , and never seen him so communicative , happy and funny . |
| 4 | A man buys a razor and shaving cream and later returns saying you have only given him change for £5 instead of £10 . |
| 5 | None of the thoughts that had so oppressed her came into her mind . |
| 6 | I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall . |
| 7 | He has only seen one defeat at the ground . |
| 8 | ‘ I have only done what lay within my power to better her lot . |
| 9 | Royal Rovers , who joined in 1894 , were so strapped they played with a rugby ball . |
| 10 | In fact , in some ways it 's a lot easier because I 've only got myself to think of these days . |
| 11 | But you 've not only got yourself to think of . " |
| 12 | Things are going to be different , and you 've only got yourself to blame for that , have n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | But suddenly , he 's only got himself to think about , and his life can change … |
| 14 | I can , you know ; I 've only got him to see to … . ’ and she turned and looked at Henry as though she disapproved of having to do so , while Henry smiled back at her . |
| 15 | ‘ It is a capacity which has obviously helped us survive as a species over thousands of years , and medical staff see evidence of it even today time after time , ’ said intensive care specialist Sally Ford . |
| 16 | He might not love Didi , but he intended to marry her as soon as he had the ring , and he 'd only persuaded her to return to New York to facilitate matters and save a possible clash … |
| 17 | He reminded Dexter of a panic-stricken mole who had suddenly found himself trapped outside his burrow . |
| 18 | She 'd suddenly found herself staring at his hands , which were clenched together behind his back . |
| 19 | Love is so highly charged you want to be left in peace or left with Andrew 's piece . |
| 20 | He was so miffed he left without leaving his name . |
| 21 | " Certainly , I should have come to see you , but not necessarily forced you to return with me . |
| 22 | Evangelical religion furnished Hopkins with a powerful rhetoric to arouse mass meetings and personally motivated her to embark on a public career exposing immorality . |
| 23 | She supposed that Maria Luisa must have turned to Fernando in her despair when Steve had left Seville and that was how their affair had started ; now Fernando was so besotted it edged towards obsession and he was doing crazy things like holding her here against her will for some sort of revenge on Steve . |
| 24 | How could she tell this hostile man that his brother had only suggested she pretend to be his fiancée as they 'd turned into the long drive leading up to Rocamar ? |
| 25 | You have long since suspected what happened to your half-brother after the Gruagach stormed Tara and killed the King . ’ |
| 26 | Although Maslow 's model is not widely accepted it seems to be fairly accurate at explaining lack of effort and commitment by workers at Burger King . |
| 27 | NetWare SunLink puts Sun on a path already trodden it seems by almost everyone else in the industry . |
| 28 | I had somehow supposed her to sit in that room for ever , real only when Hugo or I were with her . |
| 29 | And er , what I also like about it is , a as Sandra 's just said and you 've just said you put in things like |
| 30 | Now we 've just said there needs to be some level somewhere if you 're right down this end of the curve here you 're either asleep or dead so there 's some peak performance at some level of anxiety or arousal and as the anxiety increases the performance drops off . |