Example sentences of "[verb] only [prep] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would gladly pay for the additional units but these would cost only to be made available . |
| 2 | Just before half-time , Doherty had a strong header well saved , while Johnston nipped in well to get on the end of a Beatty cross only to be forced wide by the keeper . |
| 3 | If Edwin did not mind , she wished only to be left alone . |
| 4 | A highbrow Louise Colet , constantly pestering Gustave , who wanted only to be left alone . |
| 5 | She did not want to face either of them — the pain of her own betrayal went too deep for that , and she wanted only to be left alone , to deal with her heartache as best she could . |