Example sentences of "only [vb pp] it [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time .
2 ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance .
3 Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis .
4 Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years .
5 Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier .
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