Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb mod] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 2 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 3 | Artists who may only be familiar to a West Coast audience but whose rehabilitation was launched by Norman Rosenthal at the Royal Academy are Billy Al Bengston , Mel Ramos and Wayne Thiebaud . |
| 4 | In short , Avenches , lying aside a little from the bypassing main road from Bern to Lausanne , offers a new perspective on the Swiss Mittelland for the visitor who may only until then have known the ski or climatic resorts of the mountain regions . |
| 5 | In particular , the Scotch whisky industry , with such a splendid export record , does not want its business to be run by politicians , who should only consume the stuff and not organise and manage the businesses . |
| 6 | ‘ The people demand the formal dissolution of the Nicaean Federation , massive cutbacks in the military — who should only exist to defend our world against the encroachment of outside interests — and a redistribution of food and clothes to all peoples of this nation . |
| 7 | In a similar position would be a street trader , who regularly deals with a certain wholesaler and who could only gain credit from him by guaranteeing to purchase his goods . |
| 8 | Jean Campbell , in 1817 , was an uneducated deaf person without any speech who could only write the initials of her name in reverse order , eg. C.J. She was an unmarried woman who had three children by different men , one of whom at the time of her arrest in April 1817 had been living with her as a common law husband but who had a few days earlier taken off the ring that he had given to her and which she wore on her finger in the fashion of a married woman , and had left home . |
| 9 | Frans Hals had painted portraits of girls who could only be described as plain , but something lively and piquant redeemed them . |
| 10 | Was this a habit he had grown into over the years or had he always been like this , turning his wife into an invalid before there was any real need , a man who could only see himself in a solicitous relationship with other people ? |
| 11 | I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life . |
| 12 | She turned a furious damp face on Rossendale who could only shrug mute agreement . |
| 13 | I was on my way towards the main door of the clubhouse when I saw a cluster of men who could only be journalists . |
| 14 | Her father was on the brink of alcoholism , a pathetic figure who could only face life if he had a bottle in his hand . |
| 15 | By the beginning of 1939 , he saw only the unpleasant alternatives of uninterrupted decay or some form of authoritarian political leadership which might arrest it artificially , and exactly a year later he described the fatal weaknesses of Western democracy , and how the progress of industrialization was creating an apathetic citizenry — the kind of people who could only be aroused by despots like Hitler . |
| 16 | There a reception committee awaited her , at the head of which was a young man who could only be described as beautiful . |
| 17 | Nothing but a beast , dumb and rude and mute and savage , she called him under her breath ; a man who could only talk men 's talk , who had none of the graces a nobleman would have , but of course Tommaso Talvi would never make a nobleman . |
| 18 | Fifteen minutes later , a woman , who could only have been Sara , found the door unbarred . |
| 19 | ‘ And I should have realised that you 'd be the one who could only see the thing from one angle , ’ he retorted harshly . |
| 20 | I think Dad was the kind of person who could only love one person in his life . |
| 21 | The former England midfielder capitalised on a blunder by City defender Keith Curle , who could only nod Steve Hodge 's cross out to him — and he promptly half-volleyed a magnificent swerving shot into the back of the City net . |
| 22 | Coceres outscored Ballesteros , who could only manage a level par 72 , and said that though the Spanish maestro was one of his trate on his own game . |
| 23 | With the woman who could only be his fiancée . |
| 24 | Marching on FOOTBALL : Juventus clinched a thrilling 2–1 victory over Atalanta yesterday to claw back a point from Italian first division leaders AC Milan who could only manage a goalless draw at lowly Fiorentina . |
| 25 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 26 | Again , this second set of reasons would be subscribed to by Free Presbyterians , who would only differ from the bulk of the Protestant population in being more consciously committed to such arguments . |
| 27 | In the early years about 50% of aircrew going through the course were National Servicemen who would only serve some three months or so on a squadron before their commitment was ended . |
| 28 | The girl who would only appear in school plays if she had a non-speaking part was now centre stage . |
| 29 | Not in those days , not for a good Catholic girl like Mary Moxton , who would only lapse so far , and abortion was a lot further . |
| 30 | A moral is drawn advising husbands : ( Do just as Hain did with his wife , who would only ever show him the slightest respect , until he had beaten her to the core . ) |