Example sentences of "[adv] only [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 2 | As he said , he not only had to learn the very complicated lines but also how to copy Coward 's abdominal breathing techniques . |
| 3 | In this Egypt not only wished to remove the refugee problem as a political issue , but also to encourage Israel to deny the West Bank to Jordan , Egypt 's enemy over the fate of Palestine . |
| 4 | Her hands moved to unbutton his shirt , and , that done , she not only wanted to stroke the golden down on his body , but to see that body , to see him . |
| 5 | Dwyer told the players how he wanted to win the two-match series against Scotland and how he not only wanted to reclaim the Bledisloe Cup from the All Blacks but complete Australia 's first ever 3–0 series whitewash . |
| 6 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 7 | I took a last look round , then only had to kick the top edge of the kite up a little for it to take the wind and lift . |