Example sentences of "be [verb] for only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 2 | The defendant 's fourth sub-head of complaint was that the judge did this when the jury had been deliberating for only an hour , citing Reg. v. McKenna [ 1960 ] 1 Q.B . |
| 3 | This sweet-tasting , open-textured meat with its fine , white fat needs to be hung for only a couple of days , so it remains quite pink . |
| 4 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 5 | Some stances may be held for only a fraction of a second , just long enough to provide the correct arrangement of balance , position and technique availability . |
| 6 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 7 | Ford is budgeting for only a slight improvement on last year 's 1.6m market and has abandoned hopes of sales reaching 1.74m , while Peugeot Talbot is projecting a standstill . |
| 8 | Sachs therefore concluded that the syntax of sentences is held for only a short time , after which only their meaning is retained . |
| 9 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 10 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |
| 11 | Back here , his chance at Edgbaston , where last season he was selected for only a couple of first-class fixtures , came because Dermot Reeve was injured . |
| 12 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 13 | Lonsdale 's history of women poets through the century allows them to be understood against developments in the poetry written by men whose dominance of fashion was challenged for only a short time toward the end of the period . |
| 14 | He examined only two FT-SE index futures contracts , March 1985 and June 1985 , and a significant maturity effect was found for only the June 1985 contract . |
| 15 | Although the scheme was run for only a few weeks , more than 1,000 pairs of spectacles were collected from BNFL sites . |
| 16 | No.4 Troop was stalled for only a moment . |
| 17 | Although the aircraft did turn northwards , the flight-data recorder trace showed that the outbound track was held for only a short while . |