Example sentences of "only [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a good job , and only someone in the know would see any difference . |
| 2 | But I also know that Gordon Wilson 's view is the only one worth aspiring to . |
| 3 | Paddy Ashdown 's the only one worth listening to . |
| 4 | He works much better when he has plenty of space around him , and when his name is , metaphorically or literally , the only one above the title . |
| 5 | I was , I now realise , probably the only one on their short list . |
| 6 | Carrie was the only one on stage . |
| 7 | Miss Liberty was n't the only one on fire now . |
| 8 | It was , she thought , an almost indecently incongruous remark with which to begin a visit of condolence ; or was this his way of confronting her grief and stoicism by taking refuge on professional ground , the only one on which he felt confident and could speak with authority ? |
| 9 | Reportedly McNealy was the only one on the list of major USL customers contacted that day to squawk . |
| 10 | I would n't want this version of the Etudes as the only one on my shelves , but it earns a place alongside other ( note , too , that these discs are available separately ) . |
| 11 | As a mixer with gin , Schweppes came through with honours — its tonic is the only one on the market which is sweetened with sugar , whether it be diet or regular . |
| 12 | He 's always sending her flowers — and last time I looked she was the only one on his list who got an ‘ A ’ . |
| 13 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 14 | ‘ The only one at all nearby is in Holborn , opposite the new prudential building . ’ |
| 15 | The constitutional point , however , was by no means the only one at issue . |
| 16 | I had a bit of persuading to do before the was set up , and it 's the only one at Oxford open to the outside world . |
| 17 | Nina Clarey was the only one at OBEX who knew that her sister had once been engaged to the medical officer , and Rachel was anxious to keep it that way . |
| 18 | Of all the Spanish cheeses , Manchego is the only one to be widely available outside Spain . |
| 19 | Pilade was the only one to whom she showed her true self and at three years of age this was no burden to him . |
| 20 | She was not the only one to be impressed . |
| 21 | The truly classic coat has three buttons , the centre button must be exactly at the waistline and is the only one to be fastened . |
| 22 | Apparently the only one to be created was the Edinburgh office , christened the Caledonian Press . |
| 23 | Do n't forget , too , that you are not the only one to be affected . |
| 24 | Again , most of the children were shouted at by their parents when they escaped , and yet Audrey is the only one to be distressed to the point of tears by this . |
| 25 | Once the most magnificent of the zenana buildings , it was the only one to be the exclusive residence of a single woman . |
| 26 | Do you think you 're the only one to be conned by experts ? ’ |
| 27 | He could have taken his pick of the women in the club — Candy was n't the only one to be bowled over by his dark compelling features . |
| 28 | She had n't been the only one to be quietly expelled from the eminently respectable boarding school after being caught smoking cannabis . |
| 29 | ‘ Out of all the people watching she was the only one to be hit , even though I protected her as much as I could . |
| 30 | You 've got hers but is she the only one to be at your 's ? |