Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] it [was/were] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her cheek pressed flat between his shoulders , Mariana clung to Trent as if it was only her strength that saved them from disintegration . |
| 2 | It was as if it was only when the surf was at its most savage that the ghost of Eddie Aikau could be expected to revisit the Bay . |
| 3 | ‘ Is n't he the grand feller , chanting away , as if it was only yesterday he called up a spell or two ? ’ ) |
| 4 | It looked as if it was only beginning . |
| 5 | Indeed the gallery can be seen as if it were only ( which of course it is also ) a mere technical device for the objects to be displayed . |
| 6 | In the film , one of them , Dr Tony Kallend , appeared to explain that acid rain was nothing to be worried about as it was only as acid as Coca Cola . |