Example sentences of "[coord] only [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major objectives of the account was to reapportion credit within the movement since much of it had been misappropriated by those who had done little or only appeared after emancipation in 1834 . |
| 2 | His son Charles was also wounded in the battle and only escaped with difficulty . ’ |
| 3 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
| 4 | He let me go , and only looked at me . |
| 5 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 6 | In fact , the average household size remained between four and five throughout this period and only fell to three during the twentieth century ( Laslett , 1972b ; Wall , 1972 ) . |
| 7 | I rolled and tossed and kept thinking of Mum , and only fell into a doze at dawn . |
| 8 | ‘ Because the signal he sent spoke of alleged complicity in murder and rape , and only asked for his whereabouts . |
| 9 | It operated at 4,800bps and only came with DOS software , including a huge TSR program , over 200Kb in size . |
| 10 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 11 | Opals were totally unknown to the early civilizations of the Old World and only came to the knowledge of the Mediterranean peoples as an outcome of Roman military expansion into the Balkans . |
| 12 | The TCCB , bless them , have tried with all their splintered might to redress a short-changing of the public by players in knockout competitions which has bordered on the fraudulent , and only came to a head following the Benson & hedges Cup final at Lord 's last year , and the Oval semi-final of the Nat West Trophy a month later . |
| 13 | Over a period of time , it 's the meetings to begin with , but if you could then reach a stage where she could sort most problems out herself and only came to you when necessary . |
| 14 | This china lived in the sideboard in the dining-room and only came into the kitchen to be warmed before a meal and washed up afterwards . |
| 15 | The connection with sectarianism was made gradually and only came after a succession of similar events . |
| 16 | The Queen disliked the service , which was hidden away and only re-emerged in the early 1980s when included in a Dutch television programme on royal gifts . |
| 17 | On Pecham 's death in December 1292 the Canterbury chapter unanimously elected Robert Winchelsey in February 1293 , probably with the king 's good will , but because the papacy was then vacant the archbishop-elect was not consecrated until September 1294 and only arrived in England in January 1295 . |
| 18 | He stayed in his room and only emerged for meals . |
| 19 | These are now privately owned and only emerged from obscurity again a few years ago : sphinxes and winged sirens , the heads of minotaurs and owls , personifications of night and masks with invisible eyes . |
| 20 | He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up . |
| 21 | The USSR won decisively against all their serious rivals , Yugoslavia , the US and England , in the first five rounds and only slackened at the end when the gold medals were assured . |
| 22 | If in the judgment of the police authorities , formed reasonably and in good faith , the garrison was necessary for the protection of life and property , then they were not entitled to make a charge for it , for that would be to exact a payment for the performance of a duty which they clearly owed to the appellants and their servants ; but if they thought the garrison a superfluity and only acceded to Mr. James 's request with a view to meeting his wishes , then in my opinion they were entitled to treat the garrison duty as special duty and to charge for it … … . |
| 23 | The spraying of the pesticide , Galecron , took place in 1976 , but only came to light during a recent Swiss TV programme . |
| 24 | ‘ The commission has consulted a lot of people but only listened to what they said when they agreed with the commission , ’ one source said . |
| 25 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 26 | They were not silent but only spoke after long intervals and what they said did not carry to the upstairs rooms . |