Example sentences of "only [vb infin] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal . |
2 | Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible . |
3 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
4 | But his tortured mind could only come to the same conclusion . |
5 | However , a machine can only stretch in a few directions and is therefore only of limited value . |
6 | Again , the benefits of being landlord , so far as they can enure to an owner who has parted with the property , would only continue for a former landlord who had continuing liability . |
7 | I shall only deal with the latter trend . |