Example sentences of "only [verb] for a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 2 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 3 | HIV is a very weak virus and can only survive for a very short time when it is exposed to air outside the human body . |
| 4 | Today , they are a half-forgotten group , long since disbanded , whose name only qualifies for a where-are-they-now status . |
| 5 | So if you complain about your council tax , do n't , students are exempt anyway so that 's alright , if you complain about your council tax do n't because it only pays for a very small fraction of what local authorities spend . |
| 6 | Laboratory experiments can only last for a relatively short time , and have to be held within the confines of the laboratory . |
| 7 | The cordon was eventually lifted at 1900 hours and the section flown home , only to prepare for a very full day 's patrolling on the following day . |