Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun prp] [conj] only [art] " in BNC.

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1 The three asserted that their only observation had been to suggest that because such a rumour was circulating it would be wise for it to be firmly denied or some enquiry made , and that they had not made any allegation against Profumo but only a suggestion for his benefit .
2 Membership of the Town Boys represents the last promotion in the career of the football fan at Oxford and only the most committed are eligible .
3 there is much to see from any window in England if only the viewer is prepared to try and understand it .
4 My father said Eden should have kept the troops in Suez and only the British had moral integrity .
5 Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’
6 Two watch-worthy Frenchmen , Jean-Noel Pariente , 30 , and Lionel Fainfray , 29 , whose Arthur brand of men 's underpants sells 800,000 pairs in France after only a couple of years in existence , are preparing a charge into the UK market .
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