Example sentences of "only come [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 2 | The initiative for bodies of this sort has not only come from the centre . |
| 3 | If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you . |
| 4 | But Crosby 's future only came to a head this week when he reacted angrily to claims of an approach for Crystal Palace boss Steve Coppell . |
| 5 | With hindsight , there were ‘ rumblings ’ from some nursery nurses during the early stages of the course , but the matter only came to a head when a small group of nursery nurses made a formal complaint to a course tutor . |
| 6 | The TCCB , bless them , have tried with all their splintered might to redress a short-changing of the public by players in knockout competitions which has bordered on the fraudulent , and only came to a head following the Benson & hedges Cup final at Lord 's last year , and the Oval semi-final of the Nat West Trophy a month later . |
| 7 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 8 | His progress only came to a halt when he had the misfortune to swop punches with one of the many irrepressible Cubans , the eventual gold medal winner . |
| 9 | He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell . |
| 10 | The miners ' action , based on demands for higher wages , better conditions and changes in the national political leadership , only came to an end on May 10 when a decree was issued transferring the control of the mines in the Russian Federation to the RFSFR government [ see p. 38204 ] . |
| 11 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
| 12 | Opals were totally unknown to the early civilizations of the Old World and only came to the knowledge of the Mediterranean peoples as an outcome of Roman military expansion into the Balkans . |
| 13 | He only came to the forefront as ‘ governer and ruler of the kingdom ’ , to use Walsingham 's words , ’ after the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
| 14 | The Official Solicitor answered the call of the court within minutes and , although this application only came to the notice of the court officials at 1.30 p.m. it has come on for hearing just before 2 p.m. and now at 2.18 p.m . |
| 15 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 16 | As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’ |
| 17 | But she only came on the scene recently ; there were others . |
| 18 | This china lived in the sideboard in the dining-room and only came into the kitchen to be warmed before a meal and washed up afterwards . |
| 19 | Section 8 only came into the argument because it was contended on behalf of Mrs. Gillick that , but for section 8 , no minor could ever consent to medical treatment and that section 8 was designed only to lower the age of consent to such treatment from 18 to 16 : see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 123 , per Parker L.J. , and at p. 144D , per Fox L.J . |
| 20 | I only came into the room and I switched it on and i there were quite a lot of recriminations with people who |
| 21 | The connection with sectarianism was made gradually and only came after a succession of similar events . |
| 22 | The 1.5 per cent pay rise for the public sector was announced by Mr Lamont in his autumn statement , but the details only came from the pay review bodies yesterday . |
| 23 | he 's only coming for an hour . |
| 24 | The battle for respectability led to better cinemas but it was always conceded that real victory would only come through the production of better films . |
| 25 | She had not been able to hold down a job because of her phobia — no one is really willing to employ someone who will only come into the office on fine days , particularly in England ! |
| 26 | The prosecution will then know themselves to be in a position to prove identification from the outset , and a parade will only come into the picture if Spratt specifically requests one . |
| 27 | unclear we will only come on the pitch when you invite us and we will deal with anything off the pitch . |
| 28 | If the case had been one of estoppel , it might be said that in any event the estoppel would cease when the conditions to which the representation applied came to an end , or it also might be said that it would only come to an end on notice . |
| 29 | ‘ Aye well , miss , if I do n't see her the night on the quiet , I 'll only come to the shop the morrow , an' I 'll put it plainly to her da . ’ |
| 30 | Visual information does not only come in the form of specific letter identification . |