Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [prep] only [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | For the smaller aquarium the Lubbock 's Fairy Wrasse Cirrhilabrus lubbocki is eminently suitable , as it grows to only about 7cm . |
2 | It seems like only yesterday that the charming Mike Gatting , then England 's captain , was calling umpire Shakoor Rana ‘ a cheating b*****d . ’ |
3 | IT SEEMS like only yesterday that the pages of FlyPast were helping to launch the Friends of the Fighter Collection , but they are two years old this month . |
4 | My youngest daughter Ella will be two on Sunday — yet it seems like only yesterday that I looked at her pink , scrunched-up face for the first time and fell in love with her funny , quirky personality . |
5 | D' you know , it seems like only yesterday we were having one of these happy little talks . ’ |
6 | It seems like only yesterday we were here like this before , as if the months in between had never been . ’ |
7 | IT seems like only yesterday that Nigel Worthington set off from Ballymena to Notts County with the Ulster Young Player of the Year trophy and a Bass Irish Cup winners medal in his suitcase . |