Example sentences of "she [was/were] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | She were only poorly for three days . ’ |
| 2 | The droning in her head swelled and faded , swelled and faded repetitively , and a black halo edged her vision as if she were only allowed to behold her world circumscribed by mourning bands . |
| 3 | Injecting a note of surprise into her voice as though she were only now aware of her presence , she greeted , ‘ Hello again , Mrs Beeson . |
| 4 | The council tried to take Mr Rowse to court for fraud and deception , and asked Rhoda to be the star witness for the prosecution but she refused , and had a startling remission , as Mr Rowse had promised her she would if she were only loyal . |
| 5 | Had Becky got there before him , he wondered , even if she were only living in digs ? |
| 6 | She was only a little taller than he . |
| 7 | She was only too well aware of the fragility of the undertaking , and had little confidence in his making it . |
| 8 | But the beloved was unattainable either because she belonged to another or because , like his muse , she forever eluded him as she was only a figment of his imagination . |
| 9 | She was only half aware that Rachel was heavily subsidising her rent , because she was living in a part of London and a sort of house so different from her friends that she had no easy comparisons . |
| 10 | Annie was real clever — even though she was only a little kid , like . |
| 11 | She was only little then and I had to hold her up so she could reach . |
| 12 | She was only guessing like , cos they were all wrapped up in paper , but she said she knew . |
| 13 | She was only eighteen and still quite unsophisticated but , after all the glossy and sophisticated women he had gone out with , that was part of her appeal . |
| 14 | Mollie Salisbury had designed several gardens for friends , as well as her own at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire , and she was only too delighted to help plan a garden from scratch . |
| 15 | The new treatment had meant that this woman was able to establish that her fourth baby was healthy when she was only ten weeks and two days into her pregnancy . |
| 16 | His embarrassment flattered her , because it was a sign of his bewildered love , but it irritated her even more , because it testified to his immaturity ; going with a boy the same age seemed like lowering oneself : she was only interested in older boys . |
| 17 | He was terrified that she might ‘ drop it ’ in the corridor , and so , to put his mind at rest , she told him she was only three months on , whereas in fact she was six , but carried her offspring high , so that it did n't show too much . |
| 18 | She was only twenty-two , so had at least fifty years of boring other people before her . |
| 19 | Anyway , she was only going to look at a cottage . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps she was only trying not to get poisoned , ’ Gina said . |
| 21 | Better still , she was only twenty-two , not in her bloody thirties . |
| 22 | She was only half Jersey , and that half did not include her temper , which was chancy and morose . |
| 23 | As she was only about fourteen , we always bought a few dark-red carnations from her , but that was as far as we would go , to her surprise and indignation . |
| 24 | Marie thought of her own mother with her frumpy clothes and ageing , lined face : no one would have guessed that she was only forty-two . |
| 25 | Moreover , she had shown that , even if she was only regent and not queen , let alone king , she was , like the Stewart kings themselves , a formidable personality , all too able to impose her policies . |
| 26 | She was only 16 ; he was already married to the last schoolgirl he had eloped with , poor Harriet Westbrook . |
| 27 | She was only thirty-six after all ! |
| 28 | But then what else could she have expected as she was only clad in a thin night-gown . |
| 29 | Alice Cox was later to swear on oath that , for the three years she had known Laura , she was only visited by one man other than Charles . |
| 30 | Miss Fogerty was a little afraid of Miss Watson , for though she herself had spent thirty years at Thrush Green School , she was only the assistant teacher and she had been taught to respect her betters . |