Example sentences of "[vb base] only [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cash only contributed one song to the second Highwaymen album , Highwayman 2 , a number called Songs that Make a Difference . |
| 2 | Hourcade condemned it as un-French : ‘ our tradition calls for a subject and the originality of Cubism lies precisely in its rejection of the anecdote in order to rediscover the subject ’ ; and he repudiated the idea that all the painters of the Section d'Or had renounced natural appearances : ‘ … it is absolutely false to say that all these painters are turning their backs on nature and want only to produce pure painting . ’ |
| 3 | Space only allows brief reference to these issues here . |
| 4 | Each flash and interferogram only contribute one point to the composite interferogram , and thousands may be required . |
| 5 | However , the accounts do only compare actual expenditure against grant for both categories . |
| 6 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 7 | This time Cameroun only lost one qualifier in the African group and their decisive defeat of Tunisia in the final play-off augured well for Italy . |
| 8 | I 've , I 've only met one bus driver which is nice . |
| 9 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 10 | Erm I only I 've only recorded one side . |
| 11 | ‘ Our strategy is to use the cheapest workstations we can find , ’ says Rodney Armitage , head of management services , ‘ because if you lose one you 've only lost one person . |
| 12 | on form Swindon are top dogs … they 've only lost one game in two months … but Derby have the power to beat anyone … |
| 13 | Yeah , but if you 've only written one cheque in the past whatever . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've only known each other a year . ’ |
| 15 | Maud Bailey went on : ‘ I 've checked my card index — I 'm working on a full-length study of Melusina I 've only found one reference to Ash . |
| 16 | You 've only had that car a fortnight and you 've already done about five hundred about four hundred and fifty pound worth of damage . |
| 17 | We 've only had one bit of trouble once , and that was when we first moved on . |
| 18 | We 've only had one night when she cried a lot — luckily it was n't the night before a game . ’ |
| 19 | Men who 've only had one partner almost never fantasize at work , whereas those who have had 10 or more partners have a strong tendency in the office to let their thoughts wander to sex . |
| 20 | I 've only had one cigarette . |
| 21 | Oh er I I 've only been erm I 've only had one job . |
| 22 | Employment I 've only had one job , that 's sad . |
| 23 | ‘ Better get started , though ; we 've only got all night . ’ |
| 24 | Erm , they 've only got one size , and S F T thirty with protector . |
| 25 | We 've only got one moon but that 's erm by no means the limit . |
| 26 | Well I 've only got one daughter , and she is er extremely good . |
| 27 | No , no , especially if you 've only got one daughter and it only goes threw once and , I mean the list is so long . |
| 28 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 29 | Ah , I mean yes you 've only got one centre |
| 30 | The austere ideal , the man who acts out his principles and endures what is — can you imagine Michel Devaux saying as my father so often did , I 've only got one life and so much time , I ca n't afford to stand back ? |