Example sentences of "[coord] only [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I knew what I desired , the desire itself was gone , the whole glimpse withdrawn , the world turned commonplace again , or only stirred by a longing that had just ceased . |
| 2 | French biologists ignored Darwin and only turned to a Lamarckian version of evolutionism in the 1880s . |
| 3 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 4 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
| 5 | Its use in self-defence is entirely secondary and only employed as a last resort . |
| 6 | I rolled and tossed and kept thinking of Mum , and only fell into a doze at dawn . |
| 7 | A young girl who haunts the Feathers Hotel , a one time serving wench , and only seen by a very few . |
| 8 | The TCCB , bless them , have tried with all their splintered might to redress a short-changing of the public by players in knockout competitions which has bordered on the fraudulent , and only came to a head following the Benson & hedges Cup final at Lord 's last year , and the Oval semi-final of the Nat West Trophy a month later . |
| 9 | The connection with sectarianism was made gradually and only came after a succession of similar events . |
| 10 | In 1293 he was committed to the Tower for a second time , perhaps for misconduct in the service of Queen Eleanor , and only released for a second fine of 1,000 marks . |
| 11 | It was common form for converts who had led relatively blameless lives to condemn , as Newton did , ‘ the impiety and profaneness ’ of their unregenerate days ; but in his case there were the hard facts of his voyages in slave ships to the West Coast of Africa , on one of which he had been abandoned to his fate and only rescued through a combination of circumstances that indeed seemed to be almost miraculous . |
| 12 | This produced a defensive posture at the gateway to the system : admission was to be avoided if at all possible , and only used as a ‘ last resort ’ . |
| 13 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 14 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 15 | To possess someone in the mind is to be saved from a brutal repudiation in reality , and instead to love the ethereal , which can neither disappoint nor satisfy , but only act as a goad . |
| 16 | Unlike Virginia Woolf she did not seek ‘ new words and new methods ’ for women on earth , but only dreamed of a heavenly free-space . |
| 17 | One of the problems is the initial guarantee often looks attractive but only lasts for a short time . |
| 18 | It will protect the wearer and unit he is with from a single magic attack per turn , but only works on a 4 , 5 or 6 ( ie , as a standard Dispel card ) . |