Example sentences of "only the briefest [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would need only the briefest of feels . |
| 2 | The Tsar rejected the Duma 's demands and permitted it only the briefest of sessions . |
| 3 | In his haste to be gone on his mysteriously urgent errand , only the briefest of exchanges had taken place between the dark Maltese and her friends , while she was being returned like a sack of damp laundry to its rightful owners … |
| 4 | The police have only the briefest of descriptions of the men . |
| 5 | From there it is only the briefest of staggers to Route 66 or Blackett 's , in Bondgate , for a final beer before hitting the clubs . |
| 6 | John Mabb , UK director of the NZ Meat Producers Board , made only the briefest of references to last year 's imports of chilled lamb into Scotland which led to recriminations from farmers . |