Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] only [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where radios use sensible frequencies , where you only see one or two staff who between them do everything such as operate the radio , do the paperwork , look after the fire appliances , sell fuel etc. and generally represent their respective communities ? |
| 2 | With all the macros together on one page , someone doing accounts where they only want some of the standard sheets , can just choose those that are relevant . ’ |
| 3 | Although I only live three miles away you see . |
| 4 | I suddenly felt an immense relief that I only had one more charter to complete for Cutwater , and that I would then be free of these men . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 6 | The Sabena flight out left Edinburgh well over an hour late , so I only had fifteen minutes or so for my Naples transfer at Brussels . |
| 7 | I 'm afraid they came down the steps and chose the path leading away from me , so I only saw those three at a distance . |
| 8 | The frontispiece from a copy of the music from the Peer Gynt suite by Grieg was a beautiful piece of artwork even before it was decorated , so I only arranged some flowers in two of the corners , rather than all the way round , which would have overpowered the original design . |
| 9 | The custodian told him he had seen ‘ Lady Greensleeves ’ , and warned him that she only visited those in danger . |
| 10 | One important element in this is to make certain that you understand the tariff for calls and that you only make essential calls during peak rate periods . |
| 11 | In your application , you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants . |
| 12 | If anyone claims to be from the Gas Board , Electricity Board , council , or any such body , keep the chain on the door and tell them that you only admit such people by appointment . |
| 13 | I 'm actually going to recommend that you regard these things as codes , and that you only put twelve of these actually into your active binder and put the other fourteen in a storage binder as spares . |
| 14 | But I shall never lead a normal life because I 'm so short — we 're both short — that 's why Tilda stands on the deck half the day , it 's because somebody told her that you only grow taller while you 're standing up . |
| 15 | There are many wild flowers that can be legally picked , but always ensure that you only choose large and flourishing plants , and never , ever , remove the plant completely by its roots . |
| 16 | Imagine that you only have five years left to live . |
| 17 | If your life is so rushed that you only have five to ten minutes for lunch , and your body knows that you have to consume at least 300–400 calories in order to make it through until the evening , it is going to look for a very convenient solution , and that means , high calorie , low volume food that is readily available , such as a chunky cheese sandwich , or worse still , a chocolate bar . |
| 18 | The argument is that you only have one life , that you are the most important person in the world and that if you do n't take responsibility for your own development , who else will ? |
| 19 | Now imagine that you only have one year to live . |
| 20 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
| 21 | If you have sex with men for other reasons , it is important that the man wears a condom ( for vaginal and anal intercourse ) or that you only have non-penetrative sex . |
| 22 | Deftly turning the conversation , she said , ‘ Betty tells me the village people are very intrigued by the two veterinary practices here , and Joanna would n't be too pleased if she knew that they are firmly under the impression that you only do small animals and Robert and Ian are large-animal vets . ’ |
| 23 | But it seems all too likely that the 21 married women who applied to rejoin the trade and the union in 1919–20 were war widows , although we only know this for sure of three of them . |
| 24 | Although we only have 48 eyeshadows , any woman will find colours that are just right for her . |
| 25 | We broke into the single , locked cupboard , and although we only found some new clothes and shoes with jewellery stuffed up inside the toes we assured each other that Aisha received money from her lover and liked leaving me in the house with the children because it made it easier to cheat on her husband . |
| 26 | We were sharing a two-bedroomed council house with my Pop , and although we only paid thirty bob towards the rent , we had two kids and Malc was earning just £4.10.0 a week as a butcher . |
| 27 | It is often stated that we only use 10 per cent of our brain . |
| 28 | This last proviso actually tells us that we only need two symbols , T and S , to describe points . |
| 29 | ( 6.12 ) unc it turns out that we only need one law to deal with channel declarations : an elimination rule analogous to ( 6.3 ) . |
| 30 | At Rouen the fuel filters were so good that they took all the dye out of the fuel and became clogged , so we only finished second . |