Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [conj] only [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also adopted four constitutional amendments , one of which specified that only the Macedonian Assembly could proclaim a state of emergency in the republic . |
| 2 | Newman and his original associates ( all white and mostly women ) were hard-liners who argued that only a revolution of the working class could resolve the individual psychic crisis . |
| 3 | She implied that only a fool could allow what was known as ‘ love ’ to enter into consideration in the matter . |
| 4 | She gave that only a moment 's thought . |
| 5 | ‘ Brother , you said that only the corpses of beggars and strangers have been stolen ? ’ |
| 6 | No doubt Joyce felt a certain satisfaction in this small triumph over the petty snobbery of British civil servants , who considered that only the word of a professional gentleman could be relied upon . |
| 7 | It seemed that only the weather could stop another blackwash . |
| 8 | He said that only a couple of other booksellers in the country had been brave enough to ignore the letters . |
| 9 | He suspected that only the colonel seated in HQ , a mile behind the lines , really had much idea of what was going on . |