Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Only with Pilade did he act as she would wish a husband and father to act .
2 Only in Lebanon did it survive , outliving even Franco 's political offspring .
3 Only in winter did it snap their necks to gorge upon their warm sap .
4 Yet only by luck did he hit one of the skaters — who was blasted apart .
5 I 'd abandoned the empty house and walked joyfully into the woods and only by chance did I know what had hit me .
6 Only when he was no longer in sight did she release a very shaky breath .
7 He smiled dazzlingly and looked her up and down as if fondling her with his gaze , while she returned his smile and somehow without moving made her cling silk dress ripple and shimmer .
8 Only on her way home with Bobby did she learn of her mistake .
9 ‘ Being here in Majorca made me think of Seville .
10 No I never at Greenspot let me say .
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