Example sentences of "only [vb base] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Post Office Authorities only favour us with two mails weekly at this time of the year , your impression of Saturday first will not reach this remote whisky-making comer of Her Majestie 's dominions until the morning will have dawned when Shepherds first received the tidings . |
| 2 | I only tax mine for six month now then , ay ? |
| 3 | Well he 's only put it on one side . |
| 4 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 5 | They deteriorated with time , and the only way to prolong their life was to store them carefully in airtight containers and only wear them on special occasions . |
| 6 | I only fill them in that I know for a fact . |
| 7 | They only tell you about that bit . |
| 8 | Only get her off this estate now , you understand ? |
| 9 | I told you I went and looked that up not long ago , things at that price they only guarantee them for six months . |
| 10 | As to those who force horses forward with blows in such a case , they only inspire them with greater terror ; for they imagine , when they suffer any pain at such a time , that what they look upon with alarm is in some way the cause of it . |
| 11 | She did routine office stuff for the rest of the day , and only re-read it at five . |
| 12 | If you need urgent information you are invited to use the following telephone number but , please , only use it between 19.00 and 21.00 on Mondays to Thursdays and only if it is absolutely necessary … |
| 13 | He spoke with awe and fear in his voice , and as if he believed that only Minch herself among all of them could know and understand what might be in Men 's minds . |
| 14 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 15 | You only do it with those whom you know can take it , as Bill could take it , and as all the climbers with whom I grew up could take it , and hand it out . |
| 16 | The picture of settlement development in the landscape , then , is a dynamic picture of great complexity , great age and constant change , but we only see it at one time . |
| 17 | They only have them in this colour though . |
| 18 | If this is what they need now , this is what you give them , er , on the understanding that perhaps they only have it for fifteen or ten years , but in fifteen or ten years ' time , they might well be able to afford to extend it and pay more . |
| 19 | We only have it on one bar , two bar |