Example sentences of "only [vb base] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 2 | But , even if the records only stand for a couple of weeks , Kapil wants two Indians on top at the same time . |
| 3 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
| 4 | ‘ Things went through smoothly , ’ he says , ‘ But now the terms have changed and payments only continue for a year . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ These people deliberately target places where people only go for a bit of entertainment . |
| 6 | To me it seems that beauty , and indeed the qualities and forms which give rise to beauty , only exist for a consciousness . |