Example sentences of "only [verb] [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now they are out as well as all junk food , and I 'm only eating one meal a day . |
| 2 | I only smoke I only smoke one cigarette a day . |
| 3 | You can also get the ones when , a lot of them , like some companies if they , depending how much business they 've got , some companies actually think that , they might have only got fifty pound a week , a hundred pound a week , as they have n't got young businesses , do you get me ? |
| 4 | You 've only had that car a fortnight and you 've already done about five hundred about four hundred and fifty pound worth of damage . |
| 5 | Our lists contained the names of the family ‘ prigs ’ we knew were professional thieves and burglars ; and of whom I was advised on my arrival in the department by an old detective : ‘ you only get one chance a year to nail these bastards if you are lucky , so when you do , its got to be watertight ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've only known each other a year . ’ |
| 7 | But if , with this job one , they could , they could say right well we 'll put you in a mental home where you will learn your skills , but you will only get ten pound a week |
| 8 | He would fast frequently , only take one meal a day , and would rise at one or two o'clock in the morning to pray . |
| 9 | Because a , a , a labourer w was only earning thirty shilling a week . |
| 10 | We 've found out a lot , that bats live for thirty years and only have one baby a year , and usually only have a baby every second year . |
| 11 | You know , he said oh I , I usually only have one meal a day |