Example sentences of "only [vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan was to change vehicles on the outskirts of Habane then continue on to Kondese where hundreds of men , mostly ex-Security policemen loyal to Ngune , were waiting to launch a crushing offensive against Jamel Mobuto 's inept , and disorganized , government troops , many of whom had only joined up when the new regime was instated . |
| 2 | The mistaken identification of some red dye , accidentally spilled on a window sill , as blood , led to a riot that was only broken up when the mob was charged by soldiers led by a cutlass-wielding town councillor on horseback . |
| 3 | The differences were only patched over when ministers heard during the meeting that Baker and Aziz would meet . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I feel I am ready for it although it has only come along because Stuart is injured . |
| 5 | After surgery patients were not routinely endoscoped and injection of varices was only carried out if and when bleeding occurred . |
| 6 | Lapsing into silence , she sipped her now unwanted coffee and only looked up when he came to sit opposite her , a large plate of bacon and eggs before him . |
| 7 | Some only found out when their supplier told them that they could no longer buy tetra unless they could certify that it was going to be used in a ‘ non-dispersive manner ’ — ie not as a solvent even in a closed system . |
| 8 | Sally quite enjoyed the visits but Paula had no patience for making conversation with Gran , who tended to have very old-fashioned , dyed-in-the-wool ideas and was easily shocked , and she hated having to eat her way through the ham salad and bread and butter , Victoria sponge and tinned fruit and cream which Gran not only laid on but also piled high on her plate because she thought Paula much too thin . |
| 9 | The share price has only gone down because the market is generally down . |
| 10 | In these cases , letter string combinations are only ruled out if they do not occur in the sample source . |
| 11 | It 's only tripped up and trip over there do n't you ? |
| 12 | Clive Greenacre was not only put out when his agoraphobic wife started to express her anger about his callous behaviour , but also amazed by the sexual demands she then started to make on him . |
| 13 | By the time we get to volume two , Julian has not only nipped off and changed his shirt , but he has upgraded his gear somewhat , too . |
| 14 | The players only calmed down after airport police boarded the plane at Edmonton . |
| 15 | It was in keeping with the determination of the man , and he 'd probably only held off because those bobbies had to be somewhere in the vicinity . |
| 16 | It was manned by zombies who not only clocked in and out of work , but for lunch also . |