Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] only [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Of all this Katherine was only dimly aware . |
| 3 | The sudden fall in the ‘ headline ’ inflation rate from 2.6 per cent in December to 1.7 per cent in January was only partly due to the fall in mortgage interest payments . |
| 4 | Again , Barnes was only too pleased . |
| 5 | The rear of the Toyota was only just clear of the water as I jumped out , checking to see if it would be possible using the low gear to push the rock over the edge . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Sydney was only too pleased to share his memories with Rendcomb 's modern-day visitors . |
| 8 | Firemen in Hartlepool were only too happy to help out when pupils asked for assistance in putting up bird boxes in trees within the grounds of West Park School . |
| 9 | With a hopeless head for finance and a desperate desire to befriend , Lear was only too willing to receive the attentions of John Gould , then in his mid-20s , and to initiate him into the secrets of the new technique of lithography and the art of ornithological illustration . |
| 10 | And , equally clearly , Ralf was only too anxious to be on his way before the hostilities he had interrupted broke out again . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ’ Clearly , Adam was only reluctantly willing to share his plans with his parents , ‘ Since you ask , I 'm going to go down and take a look at it as soon as I can and then I 'm going to put it on the market . ’ |
| 13 | Wilson had nursed her and taken care of her and Phoebe was only too willing to show her gratitude . |
| 14 | Oliver was only just awake and his eyes were half-closed , so he seemed to be still fast asleep . |
| 15 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 16 | Iranian premier Moussavi 's response was to say that Iran was only too ready to help make the referendum possible . |
| 17 | Charles was only ever jealous of him when he served with some distinction as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands war . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | Valence was only too happy to explain . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Laura was only slightly worried by the adverse publicity but she was bitterly hurt , as if this were an attack on her personally . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The competition was hosted by Torness and Maintenance Manager Mark Northrop was only too delighted to present the prizes . |
| 24 | The ward had been closed by cuts but Poliakoff was only subliminally concerned with the politics of this . |
| 25 | Within a week fifteen children had it , including Evelyn , and Biff was only too glad to accept volunteers for extra shifts . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Annie was only too glad to cope with the clothes while her husband was out of the way . |
| 28 | She was happy to let Charlotte deal with the registrar , coroner and undertaker , with whose procedures Charlotte was only too familiar . |