Example sentences of "[coord] only [art] [det] [noun pl] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audience too seemed miles away and only a few coughs could be heard . |
| 2 | Fraser of Neill 's claimed that only " a few men can set music and only a few men can do a table and only a few men can do anything out of the way " . " |
| 3 | Fraser of Neill 's claimed that only " a few men can set music and only a few men can do a table and only a few men can do anything out of the way " . " |
| 4 | ‘ On occasion , after two or three hours of moving accounts of bombardments , combat , mutilations and all kinds of suffering and humiliation , it was easy to forget that one was listening to a teenager , and only a few details could bring the situation back into perspective , back to the fact that a nineteen-year-old was speaking . |
| 5 | The need for laboratory investigations should be determined by the clinical problems posed by individual patients and only a few tests need be considered as routine ( table III ) . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've put people almost everywhere , ’ she said doubtfully , ‘ but only a few actors will be at the Holiday Inn … why do n't you try there ? |