Example sentences of "nor [was/were] [pers pn] only " in BNC.

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1 Nor was it only Norway that shunned him : the invading Germans could n't stand him either .
2 Nor was it only characters in novels who were afflicted by the malaise .
3 Nor was it only their tenants who were resentful , but they also had to face envious glances at their lands from the laity , some of whom at any rate seem to have considered them suitable prey .
4 Nor was it only such ‘ new men ’ who devoted war gains to building .
5 Nor was it only on the great party issues of the day that Whig–Tory divisions emerged in the House ; the same was true even on more mundane matters , where no great issue of party principle was at stake .
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