Example sentences of "only [verb] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visitors will not only know where they are going but will be able to recognise and name the person they are seeking . |
| 2 | I ordered a new basis — correct code , number and style — only to discover when I fitted it that it was n't quite as deep or wide as the original . |
| 3 | Power is only seen when it is put to use . |
| 4 | As some parties will only perceive how they are affected as the change unfolds , successful change needs ongoing management until a point is reached where stability is reattained . |
| 5 | It is no good you being a couch potato and having a Dobermann , only to wonder why it seems so frustrated with its existence . |
| 6 | My first garden 15 years ago was completely shaded and I did n't understand then that plants will only grow where they want to . |
| 7 | Dating from 1911 they not only show how he moved towards complete abstraction but also his unflagging inventiveness . |
| 8 | They only show how it can be studied in some cases . |
| 9 | I caught sight of myself in that reflected window world that you can only see when it 's dark outside . |
| 10 | He could only see how I had been , not how I was . |
| 11 | While Richard was fuming away , his mother calmly informed him that he would probably only understand when he had children of his own . |
| 12 | If she could only remember where she 'd been and how much she 's enjoying it while she 's actually doing it . |
| 13 | only the contractors do and even they only know when they go on site so , but we , we sort of say you do this , you do that and then we contract to who can do it , there 's some of them by er |
| 14 | Iris 's expression gave nothing away and Melissa could only guess how she was feeling . |
| 15 | We can only surmise how they got there . |
| 16 | A superficially similar case may differ from this one in some subtle matter of detail the relevance of which we will only recognize when we encounter it in the concrete . |
| 17 | Looking back , one can only wonder why no-one suggested easier ways of working , great economies could have been made if a time and motion expert had been employed . |
| 18 | And I can only wonder why none of the BW personnel who knew of our project ever gave any intimation that this wholesale upgrading was being considered . |
| 19 | She would only wonder why he wanted Dougal . |
| 20 | Time will only enter where I want it , wrote Harsnet . |
| 21 | It , from the requirements of the standard it does only imply where you have n't got a covering letter or anything like that with it . |
| 22 | Others had scrambled across the field , dodging shellbursts , and had taken off only to forget where they were supposed to be going . |
| 23 | She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now . |
| 24 | ‘ I was only asking why you waste so much time stealing stuff you ca n't eat and then waste more time stealing dogs when you could steal and eat at the same time , as it were . ’ |
| 25 | You can only tell when you zoom out and can take it all in . |
| 26 | Much has already been written about the Invasion of Europe and I am in no position to go into details of the actual event , but can only record how it affected us in Bomber Command . |
| 27 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
| 28 | God alone knew what the girl did after the golden boy had gone off to sell his 57 varieties , heaven only knew why she could n't get herself dressed before ten o'clock . |
| 29 | To him , she was still the same Alyssia , and heaven only knew why he had slept with her . |
| 30 | He 'd have gone for the Toraja " star funeral " , too , if we only knew when it was happening . |