Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 2 | Nurse Geeson said she had been a staff nurse on the children 's ward for ten years up to 1991 and had only come across four or five occasions when children suffered heart or respiratory attacks . |
| 3 | ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since . |
| 4 | In the pellets or scats of many of the predators the teeth are either not broken at all or have only suffered minor damage , and these are for the most part the same species for which little damage to the jaws is evident . |
| 5 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |
| 6 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 7 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 8 | Baby sea-lions have been born at Belfast before but have always been born dead or have only survived a few hours . |