Example sentences of "they [prep] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , Mr Cod was destined to be with them for only a short time . |
| 2 | Priced at £3.50 at the NEC show , we 're offering them for only £2.50 , inclusive of postage and packing . |
| 3 | In most countries , groundwater flows from aquifers throughout the year but rainfall replenishes them for only part of the time . |
| 4 | I have priced the beards and can offer them for only £237.99 plus VAT each . |
| 5 | Although all sets and costumes were designed in colour , a lot of ingenuity needed to be applied to make the sets visually more interesting to the viewers ; compensating them for only seeing everything in monochrome and through a slightly muzzy 405 line picture . |
| 6 | I say useless ' because people buy them for only one reason , which is to injure or , at the very least , to threaten other individuals . |
| 7 | The hours of London tailors were fixed by statute , but the journeymen could still complain that the masters called upon them for only half a day , leaving them in their public houses all morning . |
| 8 | Rangers have been entertaining crowds with a slick passing game that has rewarded them with only three defeats in their last 21 League matches . |
| 9 | The type of notes you make are personal but the important point is that you can follow them with only a glance . |
| 10 | However it turned out a dismal championship for them with only Noel Weir of Rathfriland giving the association an interest in the open singles final . |
| 11 | It now appears that the Government is moving them to only one area , on the Uraricaa River , probably to avoid further confrontation with the courts . |
| 12 | The flow of supplies to Iraqi troops in Kuwait , he said , had been cut from the 20,000 tons per day needed to support them to only 2,000 tons . |
| 13 | The people being addressed by this fearful God will die in the desert , all of them except only for Joshua and Caleb . |
| 14 | No , part of the family 's , a big part of the family cos they to only getting the man getting very cross about it . |
| 15 | He pays for the additional units but he values them at only . |
| 16 | Thousands of ostraka have been dug up , the most famous being a batch of 191 with Themistocles 's name inscribed on them by only four separate hands — either fraud or an anti-Themistocles hit squad ensuring that the illiterate did not miss the chance to vote . |