Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] only [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a minor cill just downstream ; the headlong descent goes on with only 50 yds ' respite before the 350 yds continuous grade II rapids leading to Dulnain bridge . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , the beetles ’ surface starts off with only two dimensions . |
| 3 | There was a joke doing the rounds in art history faculties about the archetypal New Art Historian : invited to give a lecture , s/he turns up with only one slide . |
| 4 | The Grid boils down to only five behaviour patterns — the four extremes and the middle one . |
| 5 | The planners cheerfully calculate that this works out at only 60 cents a day per person — and that this cost will be offset by people having to spend less on doctors and medicines . |