Example sentences of "he [was/were] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If he could win support for domestic expansion by coupling it with other proposals , he was only too eager to do so . |
| 32 | He was only too thankful that Sarah was to be removed from his home . |
| 33 | But when it popped through the ZZAP ! letterbox , he was only too keen to body-check it out . |
| 34 | As soon as the news reached Edward in England he was only too happy to appeal to the Pope for the murderer 's excommunication . |
| 35 | He was only too conscious that he had nothing really to do : his hands strayed from time to time above his freckled face to adjust his headgear . |
| 36 | In contrast , the Annamese monarch seemed to shrink deeper into the embrace of his gilded throne as though he was only too well aware that the diplomatic niceties of the Frenchman 's address did nothing to alter the fact that he and his people were irretrievably beholden to the will and whim of France . |
| 37 | On top of his other heterodoxies , Nietzsche 's criticism of " Socratism " implied , as he was only too well aware , a question mark against pure intellectual inquiry as much , against Wissenschaft . |
| 38 | If a bath needed moving he was only too willing ; if it was to stay where it was , no problem either . |
| 39 | He was ruthless , impatient , and , though in public he seemed self-effacing , he was only too aware of his power and the impact he had on people . |
| 40 | He told me later that he had only been a guard for fifteen months , also that the normal takings on this section of the line were approximately £10 , so he was only too pleased to work out a 26% discount for a group booking that realised BR £77.35 from our party . |
| 41 | I hooked him , made him stumble , and he was only too glad to give it me back . |
| 42 | He was only home for the weekend . |
| 43 | Apart from the goal , he was only really tested on one other occasion , making a good stop at the feet of Dinamo 's other winger , Artchil Arveladze , just before Haylock equalised . |