Example sentences of "only [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grants of any kind are usually only given for a proportion of the cost of the work to be done , but when necessary , local authorities can make loans for the balance , on which interest has to be paid . |
| 2 | Yet rehabilitation was only expected for a minority about 25 per cent — of all the children in the study . |
| 3 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't ever , ’ and Donald took another breath , through his mouth this time , as if he 'd only surfaced for a moment , ‘ do n't EVER eat my beans again . ’ |
| 5 | During Elizabeth 's reign , the magistrates of Nottingham , for example , not only provided for a town preacher but , in order that ‘ God 's glory [ be ] set forth and the people brought into good obedience ’ , they also held a weekly assembly of ministers and lay justices for the correction of blasphemy , whoredom , drunkenness , and other ungodly behaviour . |
| 6 | It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year . |