Example sentences of "only [noun] [pron] [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 2 | We were all working flat out and the only break we had was on the second Sunday when Isvik was on the slip and the Yard closed . |
| 3 | The only corners I knew were in the playground where boys tried to fumble in my knickers , and street corners where the winds met head-on . |
| 4 | The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns . |
| 5 | The only place I hesitated was over the hallway . |
| 6 | The only difficulties I had was in the last 24 hours when the steering gave me problems . ’ |
| 7 | They were the only people who 'd been in his room except for his Dad last night . |
| 8 | That someone she would never have ; the only man she wanted was beyond her reach and she would n't , could n't accept second best , though that was what she would have to do unless she wanted to walk alone forever . |
| 9 | the only thing I got was of Stella |
| 10 | The only thing I said was about T S G and David said that |
| 11 | And as for Leeds , the only boys I met were at teenage dances . |
| 12 | The only idea she had was of discovering some sort of shelter for the night , for she must catch the stage to her destination early in the morning . |
| 13 | The foreman , Ricky Hill , said afterwards that the only problem they had was in deciding exactly when Mr Bakker began the pattern of fraud . |
| 14 | The only gunfire we heard was from the army rifle range across the hill , and sometimes they would bring tanks up on big wagons so they could practice on the moor . |