Example sentences of "[coord] only a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tragedy of the whole affair becomes so pathetic as we realise that Coleen does love him and only a delay of post cost him his life . |
| 2 | There were no windows and only a trickle of light came in through the door behind him . |
| 3 | " Plenty of brandy , and do n't plaster the top with cherries , just one , perhaps on the tip-top , and only a touch of angelica . " |
| 4 | No women attended , and only a handful of Tibbu . |
| 5 | The great clothing factory that took up most of it had shut down its operations more than four hours back and only a handful of Security guards and maintenance engineers were to be found down here now . |
| 6 | Thus , in the Maya world-view there was no sense of progress but only a blending of past , present , and future , which all tended to become one . |
| 7 | Seisin is a root of title , and it may be said without undue exaggeration that so far as land is concerned there is in England no law of ownership , but only a law of possession . |
| 8 | She was lying almost abeam of us , and at first I could n't see her hull , but only a sort of thickening of the mist that turned out to be her mast . |