Example sentences of "only [verb] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 3 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 4 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 5 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 6 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 7 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 8 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 9 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 10 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 11 | How you look at someone , the attention you give them and your body language are all means of communication and can have a strong effect upon the recipient , even if he only perceives it on a subconscious level . |
| 12 | She only did it as a temporary measures just |
| 13 | I er I can only write it from a Jewish perspective , it 's the perspective I stand at , but it seems to me that beyond a few superficialities there is no such thing as Jewish spiritual truth any more than there is Jewish mathematical truth . |
| 14 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 15 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |