Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] only the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How many of them lacked only the good fortune that saved you ? ’ |
| 2 | I registered only the habitual glow of pleasurable comfort , but when I opened the envelope the reaction was one of electric shock . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're right , of course , ’ she said generally , ‘ I know only the barest outline of how he — er … ’ |
| 4 | I swore only the other week . |
| 5 | Of 112 outfits , I had only the haziest recollection of red , pink and leopard-print . |
| 6 | I also went there when I had only the vaguest knowledge of what I wanted . |
| 7 | I had only the vaguest recollections of England . |
| 8 | The bulk was in Latin , a language of which I had only the barest understanding from a single term spent in its study at Elizabeth Barton 's . |
| 9 | ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands ! |
| 10 | I 've only the one room , see , and my brother 's particular . ’ |
| 11 | She ca n't cook , she does n't especially want to learn to cook , and I have only the sketchiest notion of British cooking . |
| 12 | She did n't know how she 'd come by it , and she 'd only the vaguest memories of her journey to this place . |
| 13 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 14 | She had only the tiniest portion of porridge , a Baby Bear portion , but she took the longest to eat it , nibbling in tiny crumbs from the edge of the spoon . |
| 15 | Divorcee Mrs Robinson was arrested in April , 1989 , and while awaiting trial , she said she had only the vaguest idea of what she was being accused . |
| 16 | 1 Peel one of the oranges very carefully , using a vegetable parer or sharp knife — do n't include the pith ; you need only the orange part . |
| 17 | If we used only the same newspapers then we would miss new developments which added to the range , while if we did add to the sample then we were not comparing like with like . |
| 18 | Even if we accept only the four gospels as ‘ the records ’ for the purposes of Lewis 's argument , we have to see that they present a differing picture . |
| 19 | Here we give only the first part of Ohmann 's illustration : [ 8 ] the desk and the shelf above it on which rested the ledgers in which McCaslin recorded the slow outward trickle of food and supplies and equipment which returned each fall as cotton made and ginned and sold … |
| 20 | If we consider only the superficial elements of these changes in society , and deal with the problem purely at the level at which the Bill deals with it , we shall not do justice to the House or to the people of this country . |
| 21 | ‘ We know only the barest details of what took place after Medoc brought your mother back from the Dark Realm , ’ said Raynor . |
| 22 | Even is we use only the lowest numbers available , based on official statistics , we are still seeing acute poverty for 873,000 people . |
| 23 | Many of us are shallow breathers ; we use only the upper part of our lungs , which means that toxic residues are not completely removed . |
| 24 | Indeed , if we leave only the slightest sign of our passing we should be satisfied . |
| 25 | He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd . |
| 26 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 27 | So either they knew only the uncontaminated documents , which did nothing to strengthen what they believed to be an already strong case , or they knew the documents in their contaminated form , but knew also that they were forged , and kept quiet about them . |
| 28 | At first they saw only the little hand — the fist , decomposed but stretching out of the shallow grave . |
| 29 | Subsequent expert examination revealed that they had only the harmless condition known as ‘ mould drip . ’ |
| 30 | For example , when pressing individual rose petals , they need only the lightest pressure and give the most successful result when arranged between sheets of blotting paper which are then placed inside a telephone directory . |