Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] only [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1	However , reports said that NPFL fighters had only intensified their fire , and by the following day full-scale fighting was going on , with Nigerian jets , artillery and warships attacking rebel positions .
2	However , Richard Baxter had only preached in his new meeting house once , when the authorities moved to arrest him once more .
3	Richard Baxter had only spent nine months in Dudley when he accepted an invitation to Bridgnorth as Curate to the Vicar , Mr.Madstart , whom he describes as a ‘ good preacher and a most excellent minister ’ .
4	Lorraine Allard had only had four days ' warning before leaving from Berlin :
5	Clevedon Veals skipper Ray Bazeley had only planned for a small squad outing after their first choice match on the Nene at Peterborough was cancelled .
6	The speech therapist confirmed that Mr Y. had only limited understanding of what was happening to him .
7	And five minutes later he stooped low to head his third after overworked keeper Mikalis Christophi had only managed to push out a curling effort by Walters .
8	After half-an-hour of this sort of thing , it suddenly began to dawn on everybody that Mr Clarke had only got to clause one of the actual legislation .
9	It was true , she had learned important facts from Miss Rose , although Mrs Maybury had only helped by revealing her own anxieties .
10	General Hawley had only reached Edinburgh on 6 January , and having built up his strength , wrote optimistically of ‘ driving the rascally scum out of Stirling ’ .
11	The great review on Glasgow Green had only managed to squeeze 60 recruits from the reluctant ranks of the Clydesiders , but neither the shirts , the 6,000 coats and pairs of shoes , the printing press , printers to go with it , guns and ammunition , hostaged town councillors , or his alcoholic mistress , Clementina Walkinshaw , could keep out the chill on Culloden moor .

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