Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] only [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 2 | But academics at Oxford are outraged and say it can only mean a Jewish Messiah . |
| 3 | When a monomer polymerizes it will only yield a useful polymer if it does so in the form of a long chain . |
| 4 | If he carps we 'll only have a row . |
| 5 | But the ruling says they can only pay the bare minimum . |
| 6 | Morrells Brewery says it 's planning to offer managers at its pubs extra cash to cover the tax which is due to be introduced in just over a fortnight 's time , but the Oxford-based firm says it 'll only pay the equivalent of the initial government estimates for the charge , which in most cases falls well below the actual figure . |
| 7 | a hell of a lot really , normally you would n't have the vinyl and normally I would think you would only put the tongue and groove not out of the polystyrene behind it and the vinyl , I ca n't see why people want tongue and groove that they go to all those lengths would you ? |
| 8 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 9 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 10 | Remember you can only use a Dispel Scroll once , so it 's important not to waste any . |
| 11 | When Durbeyfield heard he would only get a few shillings for Prince 's dead body , he rose to the occasion . |
| 12 | I suppose I could only use the word tons . |
| 13 | Now if she re-dialled she would only get the apartment ringing incessantly ; the call before she had lost and she had n't a clue where its destination was . |
| 14 | That , sadly , is a market at work , and suppressing it would only bestow the seedy glamour of the underground . |
| 15 | In effect I reckon it will only take a slight upward change of gear and performances to become something special . |
| 16 | I feel it can only damage a wonderful friendship . ’ |
| 17 | If the referee has any doubt as to whether or not a try would have been scored he can only award a penalty , exactly the decision in the final . |
| 18 | Murray declined to comment , insisting : ‘ If I respond it will only fuel the speculation . ’ |
| 19 | The accomplice becomes an enemy , and in due course a victim , at which point he can only salute the irony of his being executed on All Souls , Day : ‘ This is the day wherein I wished to fall/By the false faith of him whom most I trusted ’ ( V.i . |
| 20 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 21 | Then , out of breath , he 'd realised it would only take a quick word with the girl at the desk to find out . |
| 22 | He shook his head slowly , to show some reaction , staring past the druggist at the dark handcrafted old shelving , wondering if he should remember every detail of this place , and sadly realising he would only remember the huge can of chilli that appeared on the menu board as Home Made . |
| 23 | I think it would only become an event if parish councils do something which people took exception to and say that it 's |
| 24 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 25 | The presenter said she could only recall a few people , and volunteered the story of David Parkin throwing a glass of wine at his wife and how she had watched Maggie Parkin stalk out of the room trying to pretend that nothing had happened . |
| 26 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 27 | One of the high-heid yins wanted to have 20 gondolas , but another councillor said they should only get a male and a female and breed them . ’ |
| 28 | If the Hot Pot has only one crewman left it may only fire every other turn . |
| 29 | There is no choice about the way through ; if you enter you can only earn the right to emerge by submitting yourself to a series of confrontations with the work . |
| 30 | The Peking government stopped the bombardment for two weeks , eventually declaring they would only shell the islands on alternate days ! |