Example sentences of "only [verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , again , as though it were the most reasonable thing in the world , but she saw that her mother looked worried , and that doubtless Papa was behaving as he did because he had been worried about her , his darling , whom he had sent away from him , only to lose her in a foreign country — for that was what Britain was . |
| 2 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 3 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 4 | You then have to call an agency in order to obtain emergency relief , and they not only provide you with a temporary chef , but promise to send you details of all their head chefs currently seeking employment . |
| 5 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 7 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 8 | She was a walking weapon already , but Seth had only made her into a rough flint axe . |
| 9 | These powers are to take immediate possession of all the debtor 's property but only to sell anything of a perishable nature or goods which are likely to go down in value if not sold ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 10 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |
| 11 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 12 | By taking certain needs to be universal , classical theory not only committed itself to a particular approach , but also defined its subject-matter . |
| 13 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Was this a habit he had grown into over the years or had he always been like this , turning his wife into an invalid before there was any real need , a man who could only see himself in a solicitous relationship with other people ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This view of what we infer from reading ( 9 ) will only provide us with a limited insight into how readers interpret what they read . |
| 18 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We can only approach them on a narrow front , because of this river valley 's construction . |
| 21 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 22 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 25 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 26 | To the distress of his family he rejected the Unitarian name in later life but not the ministerial title , though others , as he admits , ‘ only saw him as a Unitarian minister ’ . |
| 27 | The verderers ' familiarity with the district from earlier years could only serve them in a general way , for the woodland paths varied from season to season . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She only did it as a temporary measures just |
| 30 | 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 . |