Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] not only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whereas with workflow management the document could find itself round the company to the right person — everyone has a PC on his or her desk — and you not only outsource a lot of the data entry work but get rid of the paper . ’ |
| 2 | We went on to the target , all the same , and we not only bombed , but obtained a photograph of the aiming point at the moment of bombing . |
| 3 | These are electronic devices which are connected into the video transfer line , and they not only optimise the signal for copying but enable you to control the picture brightness and colour ; fades can be added as well . |
| 4 | You then have to call an agency in order to obtain emergency relief , and they not only provide you with a temporary chef , but promise to send you details of all their head chefs currently seeking employment . |
| 5 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 6 | His early training as an engineer stood him in good stead , and he not only devised but also constructed most of the apparatus that he used . |
| 7 | And it not only makes her look better — it makes her happy , say experts . |
| 8 | It starts to rain , and it not only rains but it pours . |
| 9 | But he not only sings ‘ E lucevan ’ from Tosca ( in German ) , the ‘ Drinking Song ’ from Act I of Traviata ( without a Violetta ) ; he also has a very famous concluding number , one in excess of the other tenors , who also sang it . |