Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [was/were] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another theory says that Jesus was only apparently human , another that he was adopted by God when he died , and still another that his body was human but his personality was divine . |
| 2 | Iranian premier Moussavi 's response was to say that Iran was only too ready to help make the referendum possible . |
| 3 | Within a week fifteen children had it , including Evelyn , and Biff was only too glad to accept volunteers for extra shifts . |
| 4 | Their return to Leith on the ‘ Saint Andrew ’ was just as uncomfortable as the journey out and Corbett was only too pleased to feel the firm ground of the quayside beneath him . |
| 5 | Visiting rights have the great advantage of being optional , not obligatory , so Christopher and Jane were only together because they wanted to be . |
| 6 | Wilson had nursed her and taken care of her and Phoebe was only too willing to show her gratitude . |
| 7 | And America was only just in the war . |
| 8 | But even then , when she was standing upright beside him , he made no attempt to release her hand and Rachel was only too aware of his appraising glance as he glanced down at the wet jade swimsuit tightly moulded to her slight , almost boyish figure before abruptly she snatched her hand away and walked quickly to the changing-rooms . |
| 9 | The ward had been closed by cuts but Poliakoff was only subliminally concerned with the politics of this . |
| 10 | Indeed , as Slater was only too quick to point out , Intel is shifting people from the 80860 development project onto the iAPX-86 line , on which Intel is concentrating most of its resources now . |
| 11 | Then Mr Sayers died prematurely when John was only about fifteen , so he was still just a boy when he had to become a man overnight , so to speak , and try and take on the running of this large and rather complicated farm . |