Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] only the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain spoiled the opening day of Durham 's first match as a first-class county to the extent that play was possible for only the morning session , which allowed Paul Parker and John Glendenen to put on 119 in an untroubled manner off 34 overs . |
| 2 | Standing on the south bank and looking across the river at the village , one can see that it is still well-wooded with only the church spire and a small number of houses visible through the trees . |
| 3 | More people had attended the early services , but the day seemed as quiet and peaceful as usual with only the sound of church bells and the occasional ship 's hooter breaking the silence . |
| 4 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
| 5 | He protested that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had been present at only the start of the debate . |
| 6 | Quiss had been lonely with only the castle 's shy and dwarfish attendants for company , and Ajayi was pleased to find somebody who already knew their way round the cold , forbidding stump of rock , iron , glass , slate and paper which was the castle . |
| 7 | Sadly Cork shot wide with only the keeper to beat . |
| 8 | David Robinson headed over from a corner after three minutes , Mark Prudhoe booted away a close range effort from Bobby Barnes after 22 minutes , while Ken Charlery lobbed wide with only the keeper to beat after 35 minutes . |
| 9 | We started off brightly with Deane , Dorigo and Macca going close with only the wood work or inspirational saves preventing a goal . |