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Examples

  • Couples paid $30,400 for dinner and a picture with Obama; a $2,500 ticket was good for the reception only,

    In Hollywood, Obama plays pitchman 2010

  • I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only,

    nightnurse Diary Entry nightnurse 2008

  • New York Life Insurance Co. and, for 401 (k) plans only,

    Investment Options 2008

  • But while this previously was a problem for the SAAF only,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • You ought not to be angry with me for saying this, for I am quite as anxious to be with you as you can possibly be to be with me; only,

    The Claverings 2005

  • Instead he crossed the small room to her, said only,

    With No One as Witness George, Elizabeth 2005

  • Montoni, his lips trembling more than before, replied only,

    The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

  • Blind with the pin and web but theirs, theirs only,

    The Winter’s Tale 2004

  • He looked now scared and wild, and began, I believe, to suspect what followed; however, looking towards me, and saying only,

    Moll Flanders 2003

  • Kongolo refused to say how many had been killed, saying only,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

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