Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times one does not know what to think : Balin goes off to Moria and disaster after ‘ a shadow of disquiet ’ fell upon the dwarves , and when Glóin says this it appears only a metaphor for mundane discontent . |
| 2 | When the last de Burgh Earl of Ulster died in 1333 he left only a daughter , Elizabeth Countess of Ulster in her own right , whom the king married to his second son , Lionel of Antwerp , created Duke of Clarence in 1362 . |
| 3 | Now , we do n't know how long the interview went on , it 's quite likely we have only a snippet of the conversation . |
| 4 | Hartlepool chairman Garry Gibson said : ‘ I 'm glad he cost only a train fare and not a plane fare . |
| 5 | If they got in before ten it cost only a pound . |
| 6 | By 1914 it needed only a spark to start the conflagration . |