Example sentences of "only [verb] [num] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , it was only naming one lady on the paper .
2 Before this year , Carlie had only received one chance of a retainer and that was from Nicky Henderson back in 1989 .
3 We only got one corner in the entire first half .
4 The UFC research money only represents one leg of the dual support system .
5 Cash only contributed one song to the second Highwaymen album , Highwayman 2 , a number called Songs that Make a Difference .
6 Swindon have only won one game in the last 8 .
7 In some cases you can only include one character of a certain type in your army , or one of a specific unit .
8 In some cases you can only include one character of a certain type in your army , or one of a specific unit .
9 In some cases you can only include one character of a certain type in your army , or one of a specific unit .
10 I replied cautiously , acutely aware that I had n't seen Spock and Kirk do their thing for years and that I 'd only seen one episode of the new series .
11 but you can only do one charity at a time
12 Yeah , but if you 've only written one cheque in the past whatever .
13 They might be sold for 70 GCs for their metal value , but most Imperial money-changers will only give one shilling in the crown for them .
14 If they 're not very fanciable , you say , ‘ He 's only a Tuesday , ’ meaning if he asked you out you 'd only keep one night of the week free for him .
15 He could only see one man at the back of the plane , refuelling it .
16 And angry young men are just older men who have n't grown up and can only see one side of the coin .
17 I 've only got one item on the list which is the Haverton Bank Slip .
18 Moreover , the reliability may mean that a tradesman only sees one example of a particular circuit board each month or even only a couple a year .
19 A boxer before the war , Charles Nungesser had been smashed up so badly that by the time of Verdun he had to be lifted bodily into the cockpit and could only use one leg on the rudder controls .
20 Patrick could only understand one word of the shouted order and that word was ‘ hostage ’ .
21 Although made almost entirely of wood and having to land at what was then the extremely high speed of 100mph , I can only remember one incident of a Mosquito crashing and burning on the airfield .
22 Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope .
23 Maybe you only get one chance at a fish like that — a particular fish anyway — and I blew my chance through not planning what I was going to do after I had hooked him .
24 I mean , if your policy renewal date was December , you 're off in November , you only get one payment at the old rate , and the next one 's at the newer rate .
25 I , I I only get three pound in the office .
26 Unless you 're suffering from an advanced case of schizophrenia , you can only control one player at a time .
27 Outside of one size , we should only have one size on the net list .
28 This time Cameroun only lost one qualifier in the African group and their decisive defeat of Tunisia in the final play-off augured well for Italy .
29 It is important to remember when cutting and pasting that the Clipboard can only hold one item at a time and is cleared each time the cut or copy command is used .
30 Under these circumstances we would take a sympathetic attitude and only deduct one excess for the family .
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