Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] only [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After several years , therefore , when the illness recurred , Margaret sent after Richard only to learn that he had died at the hour she was afflicted . |
| 2 | In practice this type of decision only occurs when someone else presents something that needs a decision . |
| 3 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 4 | For this kind of disproportionality only appears if an over-production of means of production has taken place and manifests itself externally as an over-production of means of consumption . |
| 5 | It usually turns into a frustrating , time consuming and exhausting task , particularly when you move pieces of furniture only to find that they do n't fit in the place you wanted to put them . |
| 6 | The relevant ages of consent in English law vary : 16 seems to be the general age , but the offence of gross indecency with or towards children only applies where the child is under 14 , and the age of consent for homosexual offences is 21 and the recommendation is to lower it only to 18 . |
| 7 | 3 Construction The problem of construction only arises if ambiguity exists . |
| 8 | Dulles diplomatically expressed sympathy for their point of view only to warn that such a strategy was unlikely to succeed unless the United States expected to win a general war . |
| 9 | But he himself just felt European , and his sense of identity only deepened as he grew up and travelled . |
| 10 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 11 | Le Corbusier 's ideas transformed nineteenth century ideas of snug domesticity grouped around the fire into a concept of family life surrounded by pure form , centrally heated in space , with kitchens only delineated and separated by cupboard fitments . |
| 12 | How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ? |
| 13 | He tried making snowballs as he had in Britain only to find that in these low temperatures he was left with a handful of flour-like snow that simply blew away when he threw it . |
| 14 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 15 | The upshot of these various strategies by employers was to pose a real threat to the future of the male piece-workers , " who in Edinburgh only get as it were the crumbs that fall from the girls " table … the girls get all the work and the men are thrown into the street " ( a union man ) . |
| 16 | Typically of experienced teachers recognising the potential weakness of the whole venture ( it will in fact only succeed if the pupils are determined to make it succeed — not something one can often rely on ! ) , precautions were adopted such as warning them beforehand to mark out the route they take , and ( the final card up teacher 's sleeve as pupils start to get killed all over the place ) to come in as narrator saying , ‘ Suddenly , for no apparent reason , the danger passed and the members returned to safety ’ ! |
| 17 | Their commitment to study ranged from evenings only to part or full time . |
| 18 | In contrast , cells in MT only responded when the perceived direction of movement of the chevron matched the preferred direction assessed with simple stimuli . |
| 19 | Last last time I was er resting was er about sixteen months ago and er I actually applied and got pretty far down the line er for a position within Woolworths only to find that er when they stated that they wanted people between the ages of twenty eight and thirty five they did actually mean that . |
| 20 | It took him a considerable time to do so but he succeeded and left a deep mark on Korea only equalled or exceeded by his arch-rival , Kim Il Sung in north Korea . |
| 21 | ‘ They tell me you only get that very strong black espresso coffee — not even cappuccino — and the cups are only half full , ’ Mervyn persisted , so that Ianthe had to protest that she was n't going to Rome only to eat and drink . |
| 22 | On arrival , booking is £15.00 per adult and £8.00 per child ( the fees for children only apply if they wish to take part in the main competitions . |
| 23 | At Mumbles only pouting and rockling . |