Example sentences of "only [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Anybody that 's well-organized , good at clerical operations , preferably can type a little bit even though , if only perhaps with a few fingers , erm would make a perfectly computer operator for a small firm . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ He took a chance coming in here , I was only away for a few minutes . |
| 3 | Coventry v Southampton Having just won at Liverpool for the first time , Coventry ought to be in the mood to take Southampton even though the latter have lost only once in a dozen games . |
| 4 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 5 | ‘ Katherine , you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm only here for a few days . |
| 6 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
| 7 | Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points . |