Example sentences of "say [conj] only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hong Kong says that only a handful of them should qualify as true refugees fleeing persecution , while the rest are ‘ economic migrants ’ escaping the pitiful poverty of their home country . |
| 2 | In a courtly song Bertrand says that only the beauty of the Duchess Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom ; her naked body would make night seem like day . |
| 3 | It is sometimes said that only the Exodus complaint stories and the one in Numbers 20 , which we will come to in a moment , deal with matters of life and death . |
| 4 | He said that only a couple of other booksellers in the country had been brave enough to ignore the letters . |
| 5 | It was rightfully hers , of course ; but tradition said that only a man could rule the Wyrmberg . |
| 6 | Labour 's spokesman , Mr George Foulkes , said that only a programme of assistance to Vietnam would improve the lives of the people there and encourage those who have already left to return . |
| 7 | However , people were heard to say that only the Führer himself now believed in a miracle . |