Example sentences of "[noun prp] was the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 2 | The sheets seemed as heavy as blankets and Flit was the only thing that prevented the mosquitoes descending on us like vultures . |
| 3 | One must never forget that the reality of the twentieth century is not the reality of the nineteenth century , not at all and Picasso was the only one in painting who felt it , the only one . |
| 4 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 5 | The report on page 13 of the April Journal erroneously stated that steve Hansen was the only english rugby supporter in Swansea . |
| 6 | Cape Town and Durban recorded the highest " yes " majorities ; Pietersburg in the conservative northern Transvaal was the only one of the 15 regions to record a majority " no " vote . |
| 7 | Again , as in Straw Dogs , Dustin was the only American in the cast . |
| 8 | Bill Mabbeley was the only one who could keep up with Jean . |
| 9 | Thus , at the height of the summer of 1936 , General Mola was the only person who might be considered Franco 's rival . |
| 10 | Mrs Bottomley said that the United States was the only other country carrying out anonymous HIV tests . |
| 11 | This was in spite of the fact that , among the four victorious powers , the United States was the only one unequivocally and immediately to support German reunification . |
| 12 | The United States was the only country which refused to contribute . |
| 13 | Mrs Wright was the only person we knew who took the Observer . |
| 14 | Mollie was the only child of Thomas Arthur Gryke , manufacturer from Eaglesclough on the way to Huddersfield and do n't let anybody forget it ! |
| 15 | And then when all the others went , ’ Mrs Hollidaye carried on talking as she removed Loopy Lil 's empty porridge bowl and replaced it with a plate piled high with toast , ‘ Lilian was the only one who stayed . |
| 16 | In this way they were referring to the fact that Steffi Graf was the only top ten player there . |
| 17 | Edward was the only one she obeyed without question . |
| 18 | Edward was the only one of us who had been here before . |
| 19 | Rabbi Moishe was the only one of the family who had always called his grandson by his Yiddish pet name . |
| 20 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 21 | The Falcon 's Joe Stamper was the only winner at Colchester — Essex play notoriously badly on their own carpets — but the late surge in Norfolk had done enough to secure the majority of the points . |
| 22 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 23 | ‘ Ask Ellen , ’ I replied laconically , for Ellen was the only person who truly understood all the fancy gadgets though , perversely , she had still not mastered a sextant . |
| 24 | Now the nurse from the clinic was visiting the school again , and Frankie was the only boy in his class who had failed to return his slip of paper duly signed by a parent or guardian . |
| 25 | Mrs Currie was the only Government representative when Aids first became an issue to go on television and demonstrate — with her hands — the way to put on a condom . |
| 26 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 27 | Mr Rumback was the only teacher not to notice any difference . |
| 28 | Thomas Carter came right out and told you that he thought England was the only truly civilized country in the world and that as the most English of English cities , Oxford was its heart and soul , the core of everything that had formed us , the repository of our values and the guarantor of our standards , an expression in stone of our whole Western civilization , a cultural Stonehenge which , etc , etc . |
| 29 | Alicia Lockwood was the only surviving relative of the father she had never known . |
| 30 | Both he and his half-back partner , Gary Armstrong , might be forgiven if thoughts turned to British Lions selection for the summer tour to New Zealand but Gavin Hastings , another candidate in that department who is now being touted as Lions skipper , was adamant that performing for Scotland was the only issue at stake . |