Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [was/were] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Steve you were you were suggesting that it was only the G three T one . |
| 2 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 3 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 4 | Ramsay for one did not like the sound of that , and said so , but Douglas cut him short , assuring that it was only a gesture . |
| 5 | The bank also denies last year 's claims that it had signed a major deal with IBM to supply RS6000s ( UX No 323 ) , saying that it was only ‘ evaluating ’ the IBM equipment . |
| 6 | Along the path leading to the ark lay the altar of burnt-offering ( 17:1–8 ) , the altar of incense ( 30:1–6 ) , and the mercy-seat where the blood of sacrifice was finally sprinkled ( 25:17ff. ; Leviticus 16:14 ) — showing that it was only by sacrifice , prayer and the effectiveness of the shed blood that man could come to God . |
| 7 | During the course of the election campaign the King had criticized the aims of the pro-democracy dissidents , claiming that it was only himself and the nobility who were keeping Tonga free from communism . |
| 8 | And , seeing as it was only a cheap literary device anyway , and that not even the legendary Graham Gardner owns a copy of ‘ Pewter Suitor ’ , who 's ever going to know ? ’ |
| 9 | oh the cupboards are brilliant it 's just the fronts are so dated and the man in these reports in the house said erm , kitchen is satisfactory but it needs updating and it was only about seven years ago it was brand new , no , not seven , have we been in then , no eight , so nine or something , I know the fronts need sorting out . |