Example sentences of "[conj] only [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |
| 2 | An attempt by Daily Mail journalists to broaden the paper 's political coverage of the 1983 election was rejected on the grounds that only the editor was responsible for content and that outside pressure , if only from an organization 's own journalists , amounted to interference in the running of that organization . |
| 3 | It had been thought that only the penalty was prescribed by statute , just as the penalty for murder is laid down by Parliament . |
| 4 | This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed . |
| 5 | It offended the religious , because it seemed to make God out to be untruthful or deceitful ; in the scientific age , science was after all a route to truth , and only the Devil was the father of lies . |
| 6 | He bargained in his soul with fate , promising to dedicate his life to Imperial service without scruple — if only a life was left to him to dedicate . |
| 7 | If only the bar was n't brought down quite so hard on everyone 's head . |
| 8 | If only the cage was not there … |
| 9 | A new battery was fitted and Brundle continued , but only the driver was charging . |
| 10 | He planned a very large church but only the baptistry was ever completed ( in 1856 ) . |
| 11 | Both these styles and slip-on loafers were made by Faith Royals but only the brogue was popularly called ‘ Royals ’ . |
| 12 | By a singular misfortune Mr Bradley had been shot through the chest at the rampart when only the Magistrate was near at hand . |