Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [conj] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donald Regan , the Secretary of the Treasury , had no personal commitment to Kemp-Roth and only worked for it out of blind loyalty to the chief executive . |
| 2 | These invitations made Henrietta feel that she would do anything , even return to the well , to avoid the company of the two youths one of whom bore across his chest the legend MY MOTHER WENT TO ISRAEL AND ONLY BROUGHT ME BACK THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT . |
| 3 | We electro-fished the 3.5 mile stretch from Hartshill to Nuneaton and only found four zander . |
| 4 | REBEL sea captain Jack Lammiman set sail from Whitby on his greatest journey yet to America but only got as far as Scarborough . |
| 5 | All through the long , twisting lanes the route was marked by twigs — twigs from the witch 's broom — which led to Threlkeld and only ceased when they came to the church with a steeple crowned by a gilded weathercock . |