Example sentences of "it [was/were] only [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only noticed yesterday , although the explosion apparently happened on Saturday afternoon . |
| 2 | But the onion was so strong , although it was only chopped finely and er , Stevie went past and said God what crisps are you eating ? |
| 3 | Well , actually , looking at the erm , premiums in the book , and it worked out that the total I was paying out in endowments , if I got the same level of cover under the protected savings plan , over twenty five years with living assurance , it was , it was only working about seven pound more , you know , |
| 4 | It was only demolished about eighteen , nineteen seventy . |
| 5 | My these they were , my recollection may be wrong , I thought it had been put to the yesterday and was that it was shouted a number of times but , you were there , it was only shouted once . |