Example sentences of "only [vb pp] [adv] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonquil had not herself changed very much , her skin had only grown harder and more obdurate , she had swapped the steel earring for an earring of bone , and all her hair was grey . |
| 2 | oh I see so what 's today Thursday , he 's only got today and tomorrow left has n't he for skiing |
| 3 | Go back to the case and review critically the main characteristic symptoms eliminating those that are not strong , are vague , have perhaps only occurred once or twice and are not really important features of the illness . |
| 4 | Sally quite enjoyed the visits but Paula had no patience for making conversation with Gran , who tended to have very old-fashioned , dyed-in-the-wool ideas and was easily shocked , and she hated having to eat her way through the ham salad and bread and butter , Victoria sponge and tinned fruit and cream which Gran not only laid on but also piled high on her plate because she thought Paula much too thin . |
| 5 | This connection is normally secured theoretically and depends upon well- established law-like relationships which are not only expressed mathematically but also indicate measurement units , as in the case of the thermometer . |
| 6 | Her performance was only spoiled now and then by the strange proximity of the journal editor , who occasionally showed up , exhausted , by her side … or was he her partner ? |