Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1992 , there were eight knife murders in and around Paisley compared to only one in 1991 . |
| 2 | The village of Poulton consisted of only seven cottages at the time of the Domesday survey . |
| 3 | Shiona thought for only a moment . |
| 4 | Last year , the businesses earmarked for ICI Bio accounted for only 34% of group turnover , but generated 69% of trading profits ; pharmaceuticals alone were responsible for 12% of sales and 52% of trading profit . |
| 5 | Some of Thomson 's holidays to Spain sold for only £25 a week or £35 for two weeks , and 500 Intasun Holidays were offered for £39 each . |
| 6 | The office of Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland existed for only twenty years , terminating in 1948 . |
| 7 | Benson died after only three days ' illness 5 July 1924 at his cottage , Castle Corner , in Manorbier , Pembrokeshire . |
| 8 | The Yasa allowed for only a limited selection of penalties under the law . |
| 9 | Based on 1648 sites , average concentrations of TSP decreased by only 1 per cent from 1982 to 1989 , reflecting a similar change in total national emissions of particulates ( figure 8.8 ) . |
| 10 | The entry submitted by Thomas Newenham Deane and his partner Benjamin Woodward consisted of only five sheets showing the two offices , but they ‘ were covered with architectural sculpture commonly attributed to Mr Ruskin , but really the work of Mr J. H. Pollen ’ , according to the Saturday . |
| 11 | ITV began with only some 3 per cent of households equipped to receive it . |
| 12 | During the course of their conversation , to which Julia listened with only half her attention as she sipped her brandy , she learned that Jackson French was likely to be posted to London to play a part in the winding up of UNRRA later in the year and that Comfort herself was due to leave Venice in two days ' time ‘ now that Julia is getting well again' . |
| 13 | Alison escaped with only aches and pains from an accident which could easily have claimed her life … now she hopes she can put all the anxiety of the past few months behind her . |
| 14 | On June 13 the Sejm failed by only seven votes to reach the necessary two-thirds majority to override Walesa 's veto . |
| 15 | In a very brief account of his journey , Thomas Garvine referred to only 8 places he had visited between St. Petersburg and Peking . |
| 16 | The level of investment by the BEA rose from only £92 millions in the financial year 1948/9 to £125 millions in 1950/1 and £196 millions in 1954/5 ( only about two-fifths of this overall rise being accounted for by the fall in the real value of the pound ) . |
| 17 | In her forty-four year life , Mary ruled for only six , so that we are faced with another thirty-eight years when she had virtually no role in her kingdom , being a minor and absentee ruler for the first nineteen , and a deposed queen for the second . |
| 18 | A Baptism of Christ by sixteenth-century Venetian artist Carlotto Carliari sold for only FFr30,000 ( £3,000 ; $5,300 ) , within its estimate , a seventeenth-century oil on copper of the Holy Family attributed to the ‘ entourage ’ of Sassoferrato went for FFr29,000 ( £2,900 ; $5,100 ) and a Virgin and Child attributed to eighteenth-century French painter Jean Restout went under the hammer for FFr 22,000 . |
| 19 | Of the eleven general Forest inquests held during the period 1297–1305 in the forests of Rockingham , King 's Cliffe , Whittlewood and Salcey , Despenser presided at only one ; the remainder were held before Robert of Harrowden , his deputy . |
| 20 | In the Berber heartland of Kabylie east of Algiers the boycott appeal by Aït Ahmed resulted in only a quarter of the electorate voting . |
| 21 | At first Sophie listened with only mild interest as the other girl spoke of her involvement in veterinary work , which had begun when she had worked as a receptionist in a large practice in Shropshire , where Robert had been senior assistant . |
| 22 | Germany 's imports from France rose by only 7% last year in D-mark terms , well down from the 13% average rise in 1988 and 1989 , even as the rate of growth in France 's imports from Germany slumped from 15% to 1% . |
| 23 | Likewise , Borody et al found that eight ( 57% ) of their 14 H pylori negative patients not on antibiotics were taking NSAIDs compared with only 5% of their H pylori positive patients with DU . |
| 24 | BRITAIN 'S top motorcycle rider Niall Mackenzie escaped with only a cut arm when he skidded into a fence at 80mph during a practice session for today 's final and decisive South African Grand Prix . |
| 25 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 26 | Cassie knew of only one stone that flashed in that particularly satisfying way . |
| 27 | McGee knew of only one way to circle the ring — clockwise — and Denny put him off at will . |
| 28 | Denis hesitated for only a moment before surrendering to his instinct to meet kindness with kindness . |
| 29 | Evelyn admitted to only having read one chapter . |
| 30 | Writing in the sixth century the Gothic historian Jordanes knew of only one Roman squadron at the battle of the Catalaunian Plains . |