Example sentences of "[noun sg] only come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good exam technique only comes with practice . |
| 2 | They complained that they could not get loans from LEDU and if they did , the money only came after long delays . |
| 3 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 4 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 5 | It was now that the assurances of 1918 that the pact would be for one election only came home to roost ; wanting to be ready in plenty of time , many local parties were by 1921 selecting candidates who would oppose sitting Coalition Liberals . |
| 6 | Her case only came to light because the Health Authority meeting were mistakenly sent to the media . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 8 | ‘ The cause of action for negligence only comes into existence when the damage is suffered . |
| 9 | The cause of action for negligence only comes into existence when the damage is suffered . |
| 10 | I had forgotten that before the war there had been no Women 's Auxiliary Air Force to build barrack blocks for , as the Force only came into being in 1939 . |
| 11 | But Crosby 's future only came to a head this week when he reacted angrily to claims of an approach for Crystal Palace boss Steve Coppell . |
| 12 | Again , the liability depends upon the money or property in question being received in the ordinary course of the receiving partner 's activities within the firm and not upon any authority vested in himsee Willett v Chambers ( 1778 ) Cowp 814 ( misapplication of moneys received from a client for investment on mortgage , the client being billed in the name of the firm ) , Rhodes v Moules [ 1895 ] 1 Ch 236 ( partner absconding with bearer share warrants proffered by client as collateral security for a mortgage loan , where the firm was in the habit of receiving such securities from its clients ) and Blair v Bromley ( 1847 ) 12 Ph 354 ( misapplication of money by a partner who paid interest on it to the client , the fraud only coming to light on the partner 's bankruptcy . |
| 13 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 14 | There are early mentions of the Portadown district in Latin documents about Papal taxation in 1296 and 1302 where the references are to Plebs Varren ( or , more familiarly , Ballyoran ) and the name ‘ Ballywarren al' Portadowne ’ is in the Ulster Inquisitions of 1609 but Portadown as a village only came into existence at the Plantation of Ulster . |
| 15 | Historically , engineering has had to distance itself from the sound of metal-bashing , and agriculture has become fiercely scientific and managerial ; while the obvious skill element in medicine and veterinary work only comes after a thoroughly academic grounding ( though it is sometimes pointed out rather unkindly that surgeons evolved from barbers ) . |
| 16 | It seemed that the caretaker only came on fine days , so they were alone in the house . |
| 17 | But the pastor only came for one service every two weeks even then , in the war . ’ |
| 18 | The limitation only comes if you want to blow it up any bigger than 8x10 — then you 've got to use large format ’ . |
| 19 | Maybe petty cash only came in fifties these days . |
| 20 | Then you have to create this confidence and confidence only comes with lots of matches . |
| 21 | Cos if the steamer only came once a week that would n't have been enough . |
| 22 | You 've got to get the ball in the right area to take advantage of them and that knowledge only comes with practice in similar conditions . ’ |
| 23 | The assault only came to light four days later , when he went to hospital for treatment . |
| 24 | Were the naturalists who studied adaptation doing real ecology before the modern name for the science was coined — or did something recognizably like modern ecology only come into existence when the term ‘ ecology ’ became popular in the 1890s ? |
| 25 | The 260 days of the sacred year each had a number from one to thirteen attached to it and there were also twenty different day-names , arranged so that the same combination of number and name only came round again 260 days later . |
| 26 | ‘ But , unfortunately , this undesirable side to your brother 's character only came to light after I 'd hired you . |
| 27 | She did n't use her gun much any more — ammunition only came her way very occasionally — but she was skilled at knife-hunting . |
| 28 | no the English news only comes on at half past ten at night and then you 'll get what they wanted to hear , so you do n't have to listen to the World Service |
| 29 | Is that because fuck-a-fresher week only comes round once a year ? |
| 30 | Part of the scandal only came to light when an eagle-eyed bank clerk spotted changes made to the bank destination information on an authorised cheque from Craven Grain . |