Example sentences of "but only [subord] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , what most people believed would happen did happen — but only after the manager had been led to think it would n't . |
| 2 | They could get hot water , but only after the fire had been going for a while and the back boiler had heated up . |
| 3 | The 1893 Act allowed institutions a Parliamentary grant per pupil , but only if the institution/asylum met the standards set by the periodic visits of Her Majesty 's Inspector , so in order to meet these standards and obtain their grants , schools had to improve on the conditions in which the pupils were taught . |
| 4 | In the weaving shop , for example , prisoners were paid three rupees each day , but only if the group completed thirty yards of woven sheeting . |
| 5 | By July he hoped to be able to meet Butcher at Cheam , a property where the fourth Duke had spent his early married life ; but only if the weather proved favourable , ‘ for I have had the Rheumatism so bad of late , as to make me fearful of riding in the wet ’ . |
| 6 | It was a good trick , but only if the victim did n't know how it worked . |
| 7 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 8 | In the event there was no recovery , but only because the judge found that the auditors ' negligence had not caused the plaintiff 's loss . |
| 9 | The 1859 committee was dissolved a year later , but only because the government had decided to treat the press with greater subtlety . |
| 10 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |