English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Only" in Example Sentences
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3128034	I'm only suggesting we don't do what Tom asks until we carefully consider the consequences.	CK
954358	The only thing on the table that I normally wouldn't eat is that stuff on the yellow plate.	CK
1476879	A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.	marcelostockle
1155909	First I'll look at the prices, and only then I'll decide whether I'll buy the camera or not.	marcelostockle
1069583	The only thing that matters is whether or not your teacher thinks your report is good enough.	CK
954630	When we started out, our band could only find small clubs in small cities that would hire us.	CK
1439047	We very often only come to appreciate someone or our relationship with them when we lose them.	quickfitter
31124	A motel is like a hotel only much smaller and is used mostly by people traveling by automobile.	CM
1852457	It's customary for waiters and waitresses to introduce themselves using only their first names.	CK
1365904	You mustn't think only about your job, you must also think about the importance of your family.	CM
2703347	You should teach your children to be quiet at the table and only speak when they are spoken to.	WestofEden
1296473	Investment in education is undoubtedly the only effective way to bring a country out of poverty.	CM
1093012	Tom says he can't understand how Mary manages to make so much money working only one day a week.	CK
3072320	It was only after Tom had been lost for over an hour that he got the map out to see where he was.	patgfisher
954188	My guests have only been here since yesterday, but they've already eaten me out of house and home.	CK
3009018	Tom forgot his shopping list and only got half of what he had intended to get when he went shopping.	patgfisher
954625	When we started out designing web pages, we were the only ones doing it in this part of the country.	CK
3058238	Tom and Mary booked a room with two beds, but when they arrived at the hotel, there was only one bed.	Hybrid
321348	You say I should know him quite well, but as a matter of fact, I was introduced to him only last week.	CM
3101046	Language learning software, no matter how nice it looks and works, is only as good as the data it uses.	CK
3020389	Use the highest heat settings only when you're ironing fabrics made of natural fibers like cotton or linen.	Delian
953932	If I could only speak English half as well as you can, I wouldn't be worried about traveling around the world.	CK
667977	Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.	CK
762118	It takes only a short time to learn how to explain things to students. It takes much longer to learn when not to.	CK
505606	Even though computer programmers may use semicolons every day, nowadays most people only use semicolons for emoticons.	CK
1273276	I have Japanese and Chinese friends who speak to each other in English since that is the only language they have in common.	CK
2158345	According to the contract you may take three days of bereavement leave for your uncle's funeral, but only one for your nephew's.	Dreamk33
2009243	One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages.	CK
26666	Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.	Zifre
953929	If a man wants to learn to sound like a native speaker of Japanese, he shouldn't only learn Japanese from women. The reverse is true for a woman.	CK
35781	Irene Pepperberg, a researcher at Northwestern University, is discovering that a parrot can not only mimic people but also learn the meaning of words.	CM
552247	Roger Miller's father died when he was only one year old and his mother became sick soon after, so he was sent to live with his uncle in Erick, Oklahoma.	American
2009244	One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages instead of visa versa.	CM
2840514	One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages instead of the other way around.	CK
1338945	I do many things at the same time, so not only am I reading things by Akutagawa, I've also increased the amount of time I spend reading in English and I also read a little in German every day.	CM
2435490	The United States cannot win a war against a big and strong country. It can only annihilate a weak and relatively small country like Serbia or Iraq. It can also win a war in less than 24 hours against a tiny island like Grenada.	Amastan