Example sentences of "only [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the only writer who knew himself to be mortally ill and yet managed to achieve great things was Franz Kafka : ‘ It is not easy to build an oeuvre knowing that one has a revolver pointed at one 's neck . ’ |
| 2 | They are the only reasons you content yourself sitting behind that desk now . |
| 3 | It 's the only bit we want you to amend for tomorrow . |
| 4 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 5 | He has a remarkable feeling for , and ability to communicate , the sheer intoxication ( the only kind he permits himself ) of using words well . |
| 6 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |
| 7 | The only force which separates them is the Church , the one single coherent organisation in this country which binds like mortar the different races and degrees of this nation . |
| 8 | All he could see of the lifeboat was her searchlight beam , and with that as his only reference he guided her to the scene . |
| 9 | I sobbed with fright , even as I addressed the one and only question which confronted me in such a dangerous situation . |
| 10 | A point emphasized by her former form captain , Delissa Needham : ‘ She was the only girl I knew whose parents were divorced . |
| 11 | Mark frees the starter with a swift smack from the iron bar , which is the only tool I see him use all day , and gently ticks off the driver , who seems lacking in gratitude or humility . |
| 12 | No it 's the only business I think we get out there is from and that 's automotive . |
| 13 | The only place I know which had water supplied by the Tees Valley Water Board was West Friar House , which was owned by Roy Bainbridge . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ she said , ‘ but it 's the only place I feel I 'd like to stay . |
| 15 | Food 's the only place I find I can tighten up . |
| 16 | The only magnate who kept his place unchallenged for long was the prince himself . |
| 17 | Is that the only name you know him by ? ’ |
| 18 | But it 's far from the only service we offer you . |
| 19 | Mrs Wright was the only person we knew who took the Observer . |
| 20 | ‘ I came to find you because you were the only person who told me that Liam would n't be in that house . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's just that the only person who saw her on Saturday was the Minister — Mr Hawick . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I did not see the television , as even my friends who had it had not the Independent ; and the only person who saw it seemed to be the greengrocer , who naturally had everything . |
| 23 | ‘ As you said earlier , the only person who knows their true inner strength is themselves . |
| 24 | But meanwhile I 'm glad you 're the only person who knows anything about all this . |
| 25 | The only person who approached me was poor Ian Smith , who came to London but was not a representative at the talks . |
| 26 | Perhaps the only person who finds his course clear is someone with an absolute objection , moral or religious , to society taking the life of any of its members . |
| 27 | Well my brother the only person he does it to is him . |
| 28 | He 's the only person I know who considers not playing on something to be a contribution . |
| 29 | He is the only person I know who always seems to mean what he says when he talks about art . |
| 30 | He 's the only person I know who looks like his passport photograph and he breaks people 's hands . |