Example sentences of "and [noun] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curl your toes back and with tummy pulled in , raise both arms towards your toes , lifting your head and shoulders only a few inches off the floor . |
| 2 | ‘ But you can help me , Katie ; I 'd like you to spread the word around and tell people what my business is , and that if they need me I 'll be able to help and charge only a little interest . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Heath ’ , wrote Phillip Whitehead , ‘ was a problem solver first , and ideologue only a distant second . ’ |
| 4 | There , you could ask a dozen out to dinner at the last moment knowing that you were supported by the twin pillars of traiteur and pâtisserie only a telephone call away . |
| 5 | In 1989 , living in a motel between Santa Cruz and Watsonville only a few miles from the epicentre of the Loma Prieta earthquake , I had walked with Frank Bardacke in its aftermath down the streets of Watsonville and counted score and score of the old Maybeck homes , tossed off their piers , broken-backed , red-tagged , finished . |
| 6 | She doubted she 'd had more than three hours sleep the previous night , and Julie only a little more . |