Example sentences of "we [was/were] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the women in the conference planning group had so far been white , and we were only just beginning to respond to Black women 's demands that we examine our racism , and tackle it . |
| 2 | " We were only just beginning to listen to Bach " , said one Iranian businessman . |
| 3 | ‘ Still , we were only just beaten here , ’ said Hastings , bitterly upset that his team had the match stolen from them when Fox landed his 47-yard penalty with only 35 seconds of normal time left . |
| 4 | In the event , we were only partially successful ; some were withdrawn while others were offered with conditions attached . |
| 5 | But yesterday , Susan Fey , of the CTC Trust , said , ‘ We were only ever given a target of 20 . |
| 6 | ‘ We were only there for a few weeks . |
| 7 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 8 | We were only there for twenty-four hours , working throughout the night . |
| 9 | We may have had gangrene , amputations , even paralysis but , too young to see any futility , we were only too glad to be alive . |
| 10 | A nice government official helping to run the camp asked if I would mind staying until all the old and sick and pregnant women were flown out , and of course we were only too pleased to stay . |
| 11 | Ned was happy to drive our massive van with consummate skill down this road , and we were only too happy to let him ! |
| 12 | ‘ Since the semi-final everything just revolves round football , ’ says Francie , ‘ And when we were asked to write a couple of songs to mark Derry 's feat in reaching the final , we were only too happy to oblige . ’ |
| 13 | I went to Ireland , but we was only there about three weeks . |