Example sentences of "[coord] only the occasional " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Elinor did not drink either tea or coffee and only the occasional glass of mint tea . |
| 2 | There are no charts or diagrams to help even the experienced reader to follow the argument , nor references , and only the occasional illustration of a skull . |
| 3 | Throughout that spring they saw nothing of Maria , and only the occasional letter came . |
| 4 | Yet it remains as a holy sanctuary where birds and green slime mould give it life and only the occasional human passer-by ventures in to discover its cavernous majesty . |
| 5 | But only the occasional shafts of sunlight gave it away as it worked slowly downwards , making the most of its daily exercise . |
| 6 | But only the occasional innocent — so far as she could tell — twang of the springs of the hideous black and red sofa punctuated the interview . |