Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [coord] [pron] [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wasted no time in looking round and it was only when he was backing the van to drive away that his face could be seen . |
| 2 | Like if I worked at home on Saturday night , and I worked at home on a Sunday lunch-time it would be really , really busy all the time , and like there 's four areas to cover in and there 's only two areas and I think its too |
| 3 | Thank you , yes they should be but stand up and I 'm only trying to help in the situation . |
| 4 | Scales arrived back and it was only then that Wycliffe want into the office . |
| 5 | Overall assessment : Look , those press vultures are always being beastly about Fergie , which is jolly unfair because she ca n't answer back and she 's only doing what any perfectly normal gel would do if they found themselves in her shoes , OK ? |
| 6 | The news that Amstrad Plc had a hot new personal communicator product on the way should have been in the market for a couple of weeks now — we reported it on March 1 ( CI No 2,117 ) but these things take time to filter through and it was only on Tuesday that the shares really began to respond , putting on 3.75 pence ; they added another 3.5 pence to 34.75 pence yesterday morning . |
| 7 | ‘ Our reservoirs are all topped up but we 're only beginning to see recovery in water tables , ’ says John West of Anglian Water . |