Example sentences of "i was only [adj] when [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was only three-and-a-half when I saw the Zeppelin , although I can not claim that it kindled any positive interest in flying . |
| 2 | I was only four when he went away so I do n't really remember him . |
| 3 | I was only 14 when I first fell head over heels for Don . |
| 4 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 5 | You have to remember I was only 19 when I first came here and people were expecting me to be totally in control . |