Example sentences of "only [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failing to do all the IMF wanted was one thing : escaping the exigencies of dependence on foreign credit , if only to continue financing of trade , was quite another . |
| 2 | Item 4 of the same Schedule specifies the ‘ place where the property is situated ’ for an appeal where there is a dispute over a valuation , but this statement is only intended to apply to property within the UK — the authorities can not be compelled to travel to Portugal to hear the appeal ! |
| 3 | The flashing tape is supplied in various widths , and only needs cutting to length with an old pair of scissors |
| 4 | As with many ghosts this headless horseman is only permitted to travel between midnight and dawn . |
| 5 | Others , such as Eric Bremner , a 28-year-old physics teacher , had only decided to apply for water shares on the spur of the moment . |
| 6 | That means you 've not only got to economise in manpower ; you 've got to bring new technology to bear on the problem . |
| 7 | You 've only got to look at history … slavery which led into colonialism which developed into full-blown imperialism , right on up to the present-day immigration policies . |
| 8 | Buying this week what you bought last week is only going to end in failure . |
| 9 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 10 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 11 | The hearing admitted he had only agreed to appear in court if his wife and children were flown back to Britain with him at the cost of £4,000 . |
| 12 | Some organisations seek to channel the grapevine for productive purposes by producing house magazines which allow issues to be raised publicly which would otherwise only become known through rumour . |
| 13 | They only like to listen to rubbish . |
| 14 | Gide at the end of his life remarked that Wilde only began to live after dark as it were , away from most of those who knew him ( So Be It , 27 ) . |
| 15 | It 's just that lifts only break down because people use them , rubbish chutes only get blocked with rubbish and debris only accumulates because public spaces are n't cleaned often enough . |
| 16 | Up to a point , because now we 've got the the go ahead for the new chiller , which is ordered , erm that 's only getting rid of part of the problem . |
| 17 | If occasionally he still dreamed of Madeleine , of holding her in his arms , kissing her , he had reconciled himself to the belief that marriage between them could only have ended in disaster . |
| 18 | Until now , in most cases , the child will only have come into contact with those who are most concerned for his welfare — mother , father , grandparents and so on . |
| 19 | This would only have looked in DOS . |
| 20 | If you can not keep your home warm you will only have to stay in bed longer , ’ he said . |
| 21 | We only start to talk about sacrifice with our children when something seriously wrong has happened in the relationship , when the mother or father says bitterly : ‘ Do n't you understand what I have given up for you ? |
| 22 | The employers ' pecking order may undervalue polytechnic graduates : the three highest-ranking Poly 's ( Kingston , Huddersfield and Nottingham ) only start to appear after twentythree universities . |
| 23 | In Belfast the Georgian flight crew were fined for not having proper entry visas — then the Forte Crest stepped in with cheap accommodation on learning Tbilisi could only afford to stay in university halls . |
| 24 | It 's only to get rid of junk though mind . |
| 25 | Such symbolic markets for artistic goods and their corresponding ‘ fields ’ do not exist in traditional , ‘ un-differentiated ’ societies , but only come to exist with differentiation in the process of modernization . |
| 26 | Off went the man into the woods only to return screaming for help with a huge grizzly gaining on him with every stride . |
| 27 | Various factors could prevent the tenant from commencing to trade within a specified period and where a tenant has fitted out the premises and is paying a full rent ( or using up a rent free period ) the tenant would hopefully only delay opening for trade for a good reason . |
| 28 | You only have to go to bed , when you go up there |
| 29 | USERS ONLY HAVE TO RE-CODE FOR PROGRESS 7 GRAPHICS ENHANCEMENTS — OBJECT LINK EXPECTED IN JUNE |
| 30 | Trousers of all kinds are back in a big way , says Hilary Alexander ; now , you only have to worry about width |