Example sentences of "only [vb base] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you only want for the effect of being a clown . |
| 2 | So when you holiday in Britain you can wish for good weather and only hope for the best . |
| 3 | The other five millions include the labourers and less skilled workers , male and female , whose maximum wages only suffice for the necessities and barest decencies of existence , and for whom therefore any mischance means penury , passing swiftly into pauperism . ’ |
| 4 | we only insure for the intrinsic value of |
| 5 | When hiring tools from HSS Hire Shops you only pay for the actual time the equipment is in use ; in addition you have the HAE assurance that the tools you select are regularly maintained , and are in a safe condition . |
| 6 | Yeah , but they only pay for the first one . |
| 7 | Otherwise she had only praise for the beautiful island . |
| 8 | The players also have only praise for the man and his methods . |
| 9 | The actions of the marriage ceremony not only serve for the accomplishment of the social act of wedding , that is joining in matrimony , but are also said to symbolize ‘ the mystical union twixt Christ and his Church ’ . |
| 10 | Retrofits have proved more expensive and really only serve for the short term . |
| 11 | ‘ So you only fight for the money . ’ |
| 12 | Only work for the socialist revolution and you work for justice for everyone ; blacks , women , oppressed minorities everywhere . |