Example sentences of "only [be] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she was in another bedroom which could only be Luke 's , and on the chest by the window lay the passport . |
| 2 | Not only were Liverpool 's original docklands essentially non-residential but the Merseyside housing market in the early 1980s was less buoyant , creating less pressure upon MDC to provide housing . |
| 3 | Again , sword and phallus substitute for each other , but in a uniquely revealing way : not only is Vitelli 's violence against Clara 's father erotically identified with the sexual act performed ‘ with ’ her , but the disembowelment of him is aligned with her childbirth . |
| 4 | LAMBS ' LIVER , BACON AND ONIONS Not only is lambs ' liver high in iron and a general nutrition booster , but it tastes superb when thinly cut and cooked briefly so it is brown outside and pink inside . |
| 5 | One such product that 's available in salons only is Redken 's Shades EQ . |
| 6 | Not only was Pumblechook 's elbow in my eye , but I was n't allowed to speak , and they gave me the worst pieces of meat . |
| 7 | Not only was Leslie 's fate unknown , but there appeared to be considerable confusion in the regimental records and in subsequent references to the operations in which he died . |
| 8 | Sydney Morning Herald sportswriter Greg Growden 's task was not easy , for not only was Fleetwood-Smith 's life story shrouded in all kinds of mysteries — from his name and birth-date ( 1908 , not 1910 ) at one end to burial details at the other — but there was a general reluctance among acquaintances to resurrect the past , for this ex-Test cricketer was , like many a scoundrel , loved by most who knew him . |
| 9 | It showed that not only was Wood 's circle feasible but that it definitely seemed to exist , at least within the limitations of maps and acetate overlays . |