Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [was/were] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , along with several of his contemporaries at the Palace , Ronnie Dunn was only really appreciated by the Palace fans and not on the bigger stages that his prowess deserved . |
| 2 | After four weeks into cognitive therapy Enid was only mildly depressed with a Beck Depression Score of fourteen — in the mild depression range ( 10–20 ) . |
| 3 | Gerard Fusil was only too aware of the dangers the 175 racers faced between the Caribbean and the Pacific coasts of a country aptly nicknamed the Switzerland of Central America . |
| 4 | Her momentary horror at seeing the unmistakable form of General Etienne was only slightly dulled by the realization that the stiff posture he was in could only mean he was dead . |
| 5 | Equally significant was the fact that in both the was held scoreless , though in fairness Manus Boyle and Declan Bonner were only marginally better . |
| 6 | But , in Britain , it was election year , and , in America , President Johnson was only just beginning to grasp the reins of power after Kennedy 's assassination , and so little political progress was made . |
| 7 | It soon became apparent , however , that Mrs Rafferty was only too pleased at the thought of Edna , though still at school , helping out at Four Winds during the weekends . |
| 8 | But someone like Vera Brittain was only just beginning to explore the problem of ‘ how a married woman without being inordinately rich , can have children and yet maintain her intellectual and spiritual independence ’ in the years following World War I. The small number of married women who pursued an active public life between the wars continued to assume that home and family were part of their natural responsibilities and solved the problem — as women with as diverse political views as Brittain and Violet Markham recognised — through the employment of domestic servants . |
| 9 | She was happy to let Charlotte deal with the registrar , coroner and undertaker , with whose procedures Charlotte was only too familiar . |
| 10 | The competition was hosted by Torness and Maintenance Manager Mark Northrop was only too delighted to present the prizes . |