Example sentences of "it [was/were] only [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I could understand , yeah something that was sort of that shape , even if it was only just at an angle , but it , I would of said that was much to big for it . |
| 2 | At the top of the neighbouring allotment was the communal pump , a very simple affair that never ran dry as it was only just above the level of the River Avon , flowing some two hundred yards away . |
| 3 | Alice said she would come now , it was only just down the road , in a bright chatty voice that insisted there was no real problem , nothing wrong . |
| 4 | it was only just before the Second World War that simultaneous interpreting became possible ( as well as acceptable ) at conferences . |
| 5 | I like to read about my time and it was only really in the style magazines that I could get in touch with people of my generation — black or white . |
| 6 | It was only really in the south-west ( a predominantly Presbyterian area ) that the Whig interest seems to have enjoyed overwhelming support . |