Example sentences of "they [was/were] only [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were only just in time . |
| 2 | They were only just in time , for a minute or two later a procession appeared at the top of the hill and began to make its way slowly down . |
| 3 | They shepherded their charges with a cheerful , maternal competence as if to reassure them that the place might look like a prison but was as gently beneficent as a nursing home and that they were only there for their own good . |
| 4 | S said that she needed the car to take her family to the airport and that in any case they were only abroad for one week out of two , so she would need the car again on her return . |
| 5 | They were only together for this term : after that — who knows ? |