Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm , this is why I say to the Co-op now er they know my feelings because my husband had only got erm he had er trans works transport which when he retired erm he , he , said well what are we going to do ? |
| 2 | Jonquil had not herself changed very much , her skin had only grown harder and more obdurate , she had swapped the steel earring for an earring of bone , and all her hair was grey . |
| 3 | Her fingertips had only fluttered around him in butterfly ecstasy . |
| 4 | The lock to open the door of her sensuality had only needed the right key . |
| 5 | But their ideas had only limited influence on the way games were played and understood by the mass of manual workers . |
| 6 | She and her husband had only moved to a government-sponsored caravan park south of Miami after Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home last August . |
| 7 | Her attraction had only grown ; he found himself trying to smell her hair when they sat together in pubs , he gazed out of the comer of his eye at her breasts under whatever jumper or T-shirt she was wearing , wanting to touch them . |
| 8 | From the moment I saw her , I knew that I still loved her , and that her absence had only deepened my passion . ’ |
| 9 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 10 | Her father had only married her to give a name to the child she was expecting , and now he would never see it . |
| 11 | The animal had sniffed from the street what its owner had only begun to nose as he climbed the stairs , whistling for his hound between curses : the rotting tissue at the top . |
| 12 | The possession charge had been dropped because her daughter had only had a small amount on her . |
| 13 | This time I left them alone , and stayed in the kitchen with little Hareton , but when I came to warn them that Hindley had returned , I realized that their quarrel had only brought them closer together . |
| 14 | For some years her vision had only enabled her to find her way about her house : she could not read and could scarcely see her television . |
| 15 | He could lie and pretend all he liked , as so many people she had known had pretended , as even her Dad had only pretended to love her . |
| 16 | Alan commented that his branch had only had one political talk in the previous year , and even then the councillor had spoken about aircraft . |
| 17 | Siraj-ud-Daula could not have been defeated — if that is the word for the collapse of his army — and destroyed if he had not alienated his subjects by being unreliable and vacillating , without any signs of charm or kindness to make up for it , but the decisive fact was that the British had fought him , while his subjects had only deserted him and waited to see who would win . |
| 18 | Certainly the picture of him during this period is of a man haunted by guilt and remorse ; it seems that he felt he had no right to happiness , and the death of his wife had only served to convince him that he had done some irreparable harm to another human being , for which he must undergo a period of punishment . |
| 19 | His kiss had thrilled and excited her , and the brief time she had spent in his arms had only increased her desire , leaving her aching to know him better . |
| 20 | Many analysts believed that Cedras and his colleagues had only taken charge in order to prevent themselves from being swept away by events , and some senior commanders had reportedly refused to join Cedras in the ruling junta . |
| 21 | How could she tell this hostile man that his brother had only suggested she pretend to be his fiancée as they 'd turned into the long drive leading up to Rocamar ? |
| 22 | ‘ Your father had only qualified from Edinburgh a couple of years before . |