Example sentences of "[vb past] only [been] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 2 | But he 'd only been inside the place a few minutes . |
| 3 | Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’ |
| 4 | Glancing at the clock on the wall now , Rory realised to her amazement that he 'd only been in the farmhouse for three hours . |
| 5 | True , he had only been on the periphery , a bit-part player who could usefully be dragooned into secondary roles when a little muscle was required . |
| 6 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 7 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 8 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 9 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 10 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 11 | Both were initiated by Billy , a 16-year-old with a recently acquired impairment who had only been with the group for a year . |
| 12 | Oxford Pest Control 's newest technician John Rilby had only been with the company four days but had already made his mark . |
| 13 | Fran had only been to the luxurious floating restaurant a couple of times , but knew from experience that the food was excellent and very expensive . |
| 14 | I had only been in the force five weeks . |
| 15 | The father had only been in the country six months and had no means of supporting his son . |
| 16 | ‘ He had only been in the house four minutes at the most when he suddenly turned to me and said : ‘ Would you come to dinner with me tonight ? ’ . |
| 17 | He had only been in the cellar for about one minute when the ghost appeared and he had had no time to doze . |
| 18 | It is not the hardest peak in the Alps but it is one of the classics , and we had done it , though we had only been in the area a couple of days and had still been acclimatising . |
| 19 | To Rachel that all now seemed as if it had been in another time , another world and it had only been in the last few days with the reappearance of David Markham that the memories had been revived . |
| 20 | Middlesbrough were portrayed as extravagant young upstarts ( the club had only been in the Football League since 1899 ) , and Sunderland were reproached for daring to ask for such a sum . |
| 21 | Jed had only been inside the building once , and all he could remember was the angel . |