Example sentences of "was only [verb] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The child was only freed from a fume-filled car when her frantic mother began knocking on the locked garage door . |
| 2 | We allmost fainted with fright and was only stayed from the same fate by the hand of his Lordship , who handed the keeper the dove ( fake ) the keeper shut its hand and with a gurgling noise vanished with a clang of its lid , and all went pitch . |
| 3 | Until recently it was only known from an early black and white photograph . |
| 4 | Joe played in every remaining Southern League match in that 1907–08 season and in our three FA Cup ties — and he was only missing from the Palace defence by reason of injuries during the next seven seasons . |
| 5 | Grandfather was only suffering from a nagging cough and mild flu but he was , after all , somewhat of a grandee in the town because of his wealth . |