Example sentences of "only [prep] [art] [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly .
2 A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly .
3 At the summit cairn on Shunner Fell , we paused only for a few seconds to look towards Swaledale and back towards Mallerstang before moving on .
4 The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land .
5 Deceptively , because in practice it is rarely accomplished and only in a few cases have polymer blends or mixtures achieved industrial importance .
6 The basis for this implied authority was , therefore , seen as the in loco parentis principle — the teacher acting in place of the parent and subject only to the same limits imposed by the law on the parent .
7 Only on a few occasions have they gone this far , where they suggest changes they will often be limited to ‘ undertakings ’ or promises .
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