Example sentences of "only [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | My only hesitation is whether the two middle bands are wide enough . |
| 2 | Stamford had a particularly barbaric and unusual festivity — the bull-running — whose only parallel was at Tutbury in Staffordshire . |
| 3 | He gained the support of 81 deputies , his only challenger being Aloizas Sakalas , leader of the Social Democratic Party , who received seven votes . |
| 4 | She tells me the only freedom is that of the imagination . |
| 5 | Dad 's only gag is one he puts on the budgie |
| 6 | I think I am in a kinder mood now , and my only worry is that dullness and thickness of brain which I think I have often mentioned before . |
| 7 | My only worry is that , with the ground drying up , they might go so fast that he gets disheartened . |
| 8 | ‘ Her only worry is that you might not . ’ |
| 9 | Our only worry is that this re-organisation might be used as an opportunity to cut funds to the police . |
| 10 | My only worry is that I 'm turning him into New Boy with an unhealthy interest in housework . |
| 11 | Bill said : ‘ My only worry is if his former lover , the Penthouse model Gennifer Flowers , turns up on my doorstep . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's such great fun that , as Harry Secombe said , your only worry is that someone will knock on your door one night and say , ‘ I want it all back . ’ ' |
| 13 | Australia 's only worry is Michael Lynagh , who has needed intensive treatment on a knee injury . |
| 14 | My only worry is that the majority of your classes would be in French . |
| 15 | Her only worry is paying for it all . |
| 16 | His only worry is that the 500 official tickets he will be getting will not be enough . |
| 17 | My only worry is at the moment , it does seem to be a military one . |
| 18 | My only worry was that I suspected Charlie had never bothered to pay any tax in the first place . |
| 19 | If democratic unity inside the movement was impossible , the only course was to appeal to the democracy of the borough ( SE 19 January 18 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ We decided that the only course was to run away to marry at Gretna Green , because her guardian , as soon as he knew of my interest , first tried to get my apprenticeship broken and then announced that his son would marry Catherine on the day of her twenty-first birthday — two weeks from now . |
| 21 | The only course was to plunge into the close-set thickets where riders could not follow . |
| 22 | Richard 's only part was to hasten his father more quickly towards his end . |
| 23 | I shudder at the recollection of those long , cold hours standing around followed by long , deserted routes where the only struggle is you versus the wind , trying to keep the banner upright . |
| 24 | Legal abortion is available here in a grudging way ; and if a woman is refused one for any reason , her only resort is a private operation if she 's determined to control her own body — or to go ahead and have the baby . |
| 25 | The only chart was more symbolic than effective . |
| 26 | The Maggot , Ellen insisted , was an untoilet-trained redneck jerk whose only expertise was as a player of the most brutal and mindless sport to be devised since the lions took on the Christians . |
| 27 | The only damage was a sprained leg . |
| 28 | This is why noise and horror go hand in hand — because madness and violence are senseless and arbitrary ( violence is the refusal to argue ) , and the only response is wordless — to scream . |
| 29 | For instance , a woman may not understand why her husband 's only response is frustration when she rubs her fingers over his shoulder . |
| 30 | And then her only response is to burst into tears . ’ |