Example sentences of "he [was/were] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irritable but excited , as though he were only just able to hold something important under control . |
| 2 | He was only slightly ahead of his time . |
| 3 | He wrote that he was only slightly wounded in the left arm and leg , and was scribbling this note in case some officious nerk notified them . |
| 4 | He was only just caught by Ghofar in the Hennessy , though the form in that race is not working out too well . |
| 5 | He was only just back in the house when he heard his Mum draw up in the car . |
| 6 | He was only just in time , though , as a woodcutter had been called to cut it down . |
| 7 | At the end of four months it was discovered that he was only just sixteen . |
| 8 | In the gloom he was only just visible , the gleam of his teeth when he smiled , his pale hair and clothes . |
| 9 | He was only just a few yards up the blacksmith . |
| 10 | Oh well he was only just finding out what the rules were . |
| 11 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 12 | Unfortunately for the Serbs , he was only partly successful . |
| 13 | Mm , sorry it , he was only partly the language then ? |
| 14 | He was only partly the language then ? |
| 15 | He was only here himself because he liked Paddy and he was glad the lad had got through all his studies and everything . |
| 16 | In this attempt he was only partially successful . |
| 17 | anyway he walked , he was only away about twenty minutes you know he wanted to get the car and for me to drive I thought well er |
| 18 | ‘ He 's going to follow it up but I had the impression he was only so interested . |
| 19 | The mosaic occupied much of his consciousness so that he was only dimly aware — out of the corner of his eye , and mind 's eye — of Meh'Lindi , a flexible ebon statue of herself , yet still with an ivory face . |
| 20 | He was only dimly aware of Alina coming down the steps toward him , only dimly aware of her crouching by him to smooth the hair from his forehead . |
| 21 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 22 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 23 | But he was tiny now , his feet only reached to halfway across the seat , he was only about twelve inches tall . |
| 24 | On Pippin 's side there was also a crucial non-participant : Bernard " though he was only about 8 km away from the battlefield , gave no help to either side " . |
| 25 | I told you he was only about a year old |
| 26 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 27 | ‘ He was only ever annoying — not actually bad . ’ |
| 28 | At first it had seemed he was only there to sit out the war with his French woman , but then the summons had come from the Dutch army and Isabella had known that her husband would follow Sharpe . |
| 29 | He was only too well aware of the Talmudic dictum that a handful does not satisfy a lion , but he was neither apologetic nor guilty over it . |
| 30 | He was only too pleased to print , and to read , other men 's views which strengthened his own position . |