Example sentences of "only [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stead 's dramatisation of the issue of sexual exploitation not only stilled for the moment many fundamental conflicts of interest between participants in the agitation , but it also obscured the contradictions inherent in the ideology that informed this agitation against child prostitution . |
| 2 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 3 | She said in a small voice , ‘ She told me that you only cared for the vines . |
| 4 | He only entered for the Foreign Office and the block plan , with a total of ten drawings , and was awarded one of the fifth prizes for his Foreign Office design . |
| 5 | As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’ |
| 6 | We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials . |
| 7 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 8 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 9 | The A&R depts that we dealt with when last I was in a band ( about 18 months ago ) all seemed to consist of young men in Armani suits and long raincoats , who only stayed for the first four numbers then left . |