Example sentences of "[subord] only [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recommendation is subject to approval by parliament which is , however , likely to accept the proposal although only it can set the final date . |
| 2 | He could countenance violence and killing , if only they might provide a way out of the taedium vitae which formed his spiritual landscape . |
| 3 | Victory was theirs if only they would press on now ! |
| 4 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 5 | If only they would pay attention … |
| 6 | If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three . |
| 7 | Teacher-in-role starts a class improvisation as if they were a local community in the mid-west hearing what a bright future they might have if only they would abandon their homes and move west . |
| 8 | If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television . |
| 9 | If only they would come an hour earlier , and erm spend erm a pleasant time in their cars erm on the car park having a picnic before they go in , they would save themselves an awful lot of , of , of hassle . |
| 10 | yes , so , erm , if only they would resign , er , need a kick up the arse , |
| 11 | English merchants felt confident that money could be made out of settlements there , if only they could acquire enough influence at court to secure a charter to launch them . |
| 12 | Chest seems to be full of mucus , if only they could cough a little deeper they feel they would be able to shift it and get it up . |
| 13 | If only they could make this even a little communicative of what 's careering about in their heads , maybe there would be less physical damage done . |
| 14 | If only they could marry ! |
| 15 | Artefacts — If only they could talk ! |
| 16 | If only Maxwell could be more … if only they could stay awake … if only Maxwell could be with her at three thirty in the afternoon , when they might do it like the old days … |
| 17 | If only they could conjour up the magic of their last meeting against Milwall last season … three nil the score then . |
| 18 | Frightened and starving , the pitifully thin dog desperately needed help — if only they could catch her first . |
| 19 | If only they could catch a German ! |
| 20 | What remains is regret , a persistent idea that they might have been happy in the homeplace , if only they could have survived there . |
| 21 | In the match programme , Tottenham urged their fans to wear condoms — if only they could have ensured similar protection from Newton . |
| 22 | If only they could have stopped to think how close … |
| 23 | If only they could teach a thing or two to Gloucestershire — they go into Sunday 's match with Derbyshire looking for their first win over a county side this season . |
| 24 | Besant was an earnest Victorian , with equally earnest friends and associates , all of them convinced that human nature , the universe and everything were perfectible , if only they could find the right answer . |
| 25 | If only they could find either , preferably both . |
| 26 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 27 | If only they could know how I feel every time I compete ! |
| 28 | These are the contenders , the hardy perennials of quality skiing for discerning Brits , the so-called top resorts which tour operators will tell you they could sell twenty times over if only they could get their mitts on more beds . |
| 29 | The market mechanism fails to provide a means whereby workers can signal to firms that they would demand more goods and services if only they could get jobs and so have more money to spend . |
| 30 | She was certain that if only they could get away , he 'd go superbly over this country . |