Example sentences of "only [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then what else could she have expected as she was only clad in a thin night-gown . |
| 2 | For the rest of the decade the working classes were only depicted in a small number of undistinguished films which celebrated or exploited the skills of particular groups of workers . |
| 3 | The plain infinitive ( without to ) is only used in a verbal , never in a nominal function . |
| 4 | Hence they have only contributed in a limited way to post-war housing , but they have been a major feature of a commitment to planned decentralization , even though , as Aldridge ( 1979 ) concludes , by the end it was a programme without a policy . |
| 5 | And it was only entered in a flat race ! |
| 6 | This short manuscript , which was only rediscovered in a private library at the turn of the century , spells out the sort of behaviour that was expected of a young Mughal gentleman in Delhi about 1650 . |
| 7 | ( 6.5 ) unc provided x is free in no unc ( 6.6 ) unc provided x is free in no unc Note that it is possible to deal with cases where x is only declared in a few of the |
| 8 | ‘ The cards have only raked in a few customers , ’ Ashley said . |