Example sentences of "only [adv] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cleavage line is only rarely retained in adult insects but some species have a similarly situated sulcus of different morphological and functional significance . |
| 2 | The siren , a metre-long amphibian from the southern United States , has lost its back legs altogether and its front legs are not only greatly reduced in size but have no bones within them , merely cartilage , so that they are of no practical use in locomotion . |
| 3 | For a start , he was driving far too fast , had only just swerved in time to avoid a cyclist , and was now desperately trying to overtake a pale blue Renault , when it was obvious there was n't room , and the road ahead was too winding to see if it was clear . |
| 4 | But did it not occur to you , ’ Theda said , her breast heaving with the passion she was only just holding in check , ‘ that I have lately not been seen ? |
| 5 | Above the rambling parkland belonging to Randall Lodge was an area which had once been a rigidly formal garden , but was now only just kept in check by two elderly men . |
| 6 | I only just stopped in time . |
| 7 | Ah Christ I 've only just got in mama ! |
| 8 | It was only just finished in time : according to Constanze , the overture ( the last section to be composed ) was completed just two days before the premiere . |
| 9 | Jackie had a nasty puncture in practice on the 150-m.p.h. straight and though he was not injured , his Matra was only just repaired in time for the race . |
| 10 | The pack animals were large tawny-coloured beasts of a kind that Rostov had only ever seen in illustration . |
| 11 | This may be due to different mutations within the APC gene causing variations from a total absence of gene product through to protein only partially reduced in function . |
| 12 | Beckett 's failing narrators manage in their torrents of words only unstably to sustain in existence on a strange edge of death and silence , adrift in ‘ who knows what profounds of mind ’ ( Beckett 1984 : 288 ) . |