Example sentences of "only [verb] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to find it difficult to make friends , and the fact that she hardly ever wandered far from the house only added to her loneliness . |
| 2 | Even the deeds of valour , so proudly recorded , only added to her depression as she reminded herself that each was committed in response to yet one more example of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 3 | By the time she reached the bottom the dragon had vanished , but this , far from mattering , only added to her amusement . |
| 4 | It was the same sensitive touch he brought to their lovemaking , and the knowledge only added to her store of love for him , for she saw how he was the sort of man who was all of a piece , mentally and physically , a complete human being , someone she could only admire , despite the hell he put her through . |
| 5 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 6 | There was no way they could avoid touching , and it only added to her torment of mind and spirit . |
| 7 | In this case , Brenda not only accommodates to her father 's language variety ( Standard English , in terms of syntax ) but actually echoes his words in agreement in the first part of her turn . |
| 8 | In a cloak and dagger operation , he got in touch and insisted he could only come to her shop when there would be no other customers around . |
| 9 | A new baby would only add to her workload . |
| 10 | ‘ The latest events you describe can only add to her unhappiness . |
| 11 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |