Example sentences of "[verb] from [art] [noun pl] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | During their subsequent separation and his long sojourn in an English prison , where he is saved from the gallows only by a last-minute reprieve , his vision of her becomes intense and idealised . |
| 2 | Eggs were thought to descend from the ovaries only as a consequence of intercourse . |
| 3 | The king took from the Persians only their attack on the constitution of 1812 ; the project for a Cortes was ‘ lost ’ in the unsympathetic deliberations of the Council of Castile . |
| 4 | Bonuses arising from the masks only apply when the mask is being worn ( except for the paper mask ) , but the penalties are permanent and can not be dispelled . |
| 5 | Suppose , however , that there were no such consent — in , for example , a shop where goods on display were to be taken from the shelves only by the attendant . |