Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grease and fat and plenty of it is the only way to beat the cold of what could be 26 miles of chilling and choppy sea water . |
| 2 | The private Bodmer collection in Geneva is now the home of what was the only surviving Russian example of the 1455 Gutenburg Bible , bought for the Imperial library in the middle of the last century . |
| 3 | We are the two boys shown in the photograph and because of us being the only boys who took part we were saddened to see the caption at the side of the picture . |
| 4 | We are the two boys shown in the photograph and because of us being the only boys who took part we were saddened to see the caption at the side of the picture . |
| 5 | But they had one in the corner you see and I could see the back leg was gone said to Margaret an said I might as well do something of that , you know , to do up it 's the only one that they had there that wanted really wanted repairing , so the feller said ooh I do n't know he said hang on , I 'll look in the book . |
| 6 | Of course there was a very large element of luck involved , but unless or until something better came along it was the only option she had . |
| 7 | Now in the old we had er quite a reasonable scheme on this actual erm but you see , about ten years ago I think it was , there was another estate built on to , it 's called and although at that time we made the strongest possible representation for improvements and traffic calming in which is the only road that goes in and nothing was done . |
| 8 | For a long time the furious rhythms of the storm and the grunting of the exhausted men around them were the only sounds to be heard inside the hut . |