Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reaching his decision he founded himself on the only reported case as far as we know that has been decided under this provision ; it is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Brown v Liverpool Corporation [ 1969 ] 3 AER 1345 . |
| 2 | He saw himself as the only point of free will in the landscape before him , and if he could move his body with a purpose , then his mind would shake off the slough of misery and clear for action . |
| 3 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |
| 4 | He has always recognized the sweetness of an apple as a reason for choosing it , although a sinful one ; with the lapse of the standard which condemns it , it asserts itself as the only relevant consideration . |
| 5 | He imagines himself as the only adult in a large field of rye , standing by the edge of a cliff . |