Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most users would then have to wait only a couple of hours for a new telephone . |
| 2 | While the fundamentals of caddying may not have changed since Skip Daniels and Gene Sarazen strode the Prince 's links , the financial aspect has : whereas a caddie in the 1930s might have earned only a pittance for sharing an Open success , the modern-day caddie earns a healthy basic wage on the European tour , and can look forward to a percentage of the winnings . |
| 3 | I can only assume that the words were left out because an assurance ’ vigorously ’ to continue ’ fighting crime ’ would have raised only a horse laugh when offered by a Government with a record of this Government on this subject . |
| 4 | Amsterdam is such a lovely and compact city that if two or three days is all you have you will be able to get around the city and all the major sights without difficulty — but you will have gained only a glimpse of all the attractions on offer . |
| 5 | Given the likelihood that in a CSW team there is both a tendency to keep files open to reflect the ‘ streetwork ’ and informal contact that is maintained , and a probability that intervention will occur prior to demands for day or residential care , the strategy adopted may have identified only a minority of the cases actually dealt with . |
| 6 | Indeed , had they been defending British farmers , particularly , those producing lamb , they would have achieved only a load of jelly — and red at that . |
| 7 | Meade cites the membership of the ‘ little company of four men and four women who , in 1379 , could afford to provide only a candle to burn during the daily mass at the church of St Nicholas , Great Yarmouth ’ . |