Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have only [been] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 After establishing myself in the team I have only been dropped once , that was by John Duncan and I deserved it . ’
2 It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision .
3 The construction of a large grammar represents a major problem in it 's own right which has only been attempted by well-funded projects .
4 On the one hand , force has been required to subordinate it , and , on the other , it has always threatened to outbreed protestant loyalists , an outcome which has only been avoided by catholic — nationalist migration over the past seventy years .
5 In the North Atlantic it has only been recorded from south of Martha 's Vineyard in 2509 m .
6 Would you deal with an additional matter please your worships er , not on your list he 's only been brought in almost at the start of the court of this morning .
7 ABOVE The preparation of land for forestry can destroy even well-preserved archaeological sites , particularly on land which has only been used for pasture .
8 Eagle brought an action against Savory Milln claiming that Savory Milln should account to Eagle for the £13.5m which had only been made available to Savory Milln to use by reason of fraud by Mr Ferriday , Eagle 's then chief executive .
9 The European Communities ( EC ) suspended a trade and co-operation agreement which had only been initialled on June 8 , and withdrew an invitation to Romania to attend a meeting of the G-24 nations in Paris in July .
10 A superb SWAN which has only been used for private cruising in the Med .
11 These problems appear to be real enough and to be indistinguishable from other problems but in fact they have only been created by ourselves .
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