Example sentences of "he had only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all knew he had only a few weeks left to live . |
| 2 | Yet , when Nicholson crossed the street to the legitimacy of a major studio , 2Oth Century-Fox , to join an all-star cast for The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , to be released in l967 , he had only a minuscule role , which had one speaking line consisting of twelve words , courtesy of Roger Corman who , for once , had landed a big-budget contract with a major studio and wanted Jack to share his momentary joy of being able to spend it . |
| 3 | He had only a few hundred yards to go as the house he was planning to visit was also in the Vomero but he did not wish to arrive with perspiration on his forehead or dust on his shoes . |
| 4 | For though Henry I had left England in a very confused state because he had only a daughter to inherit his title , Henry II 's problem was quite the reverse . |
| 5 | Geoff Link had a firm grasp of classroom techniques and a deep knowledge of children , so he could cope with a small part of his week in exploration of a subject matter with which he had only a tenuous acquaintance . |
| 6 | He had only a small shop ; it was difficult , in Budapest , for a Pole . |
| 7 | He had only a few moments to decide on what he should do . |
| 8 | Peter Dawson had been considerably older than Isobel and since he had only a few more years to serve in the army , had decided to establish a permanent home in his native town . |
| 9 | As it was a weekend , all the bigger-wig doctors were not on duty but , knowing of Nigel 's condition and that he had only a short time to live , they brought him through . |
| 10 | He said he had only a brief look at the course before the race . |
| 11 | He touched the brake gently as the Mercedes reached the bend and although he saw what lay ahead of him he had only a split second in which to react — a blue transit van parked in the slow lane of the dual carriageway and , kneeling beside it , a youth partially hidden behind a tripod-mounted anti-tank launcher . |
| 12 | Then he remembered the guard back at Wissembourg and knew he had only a limited time to cover his tracks . |
| 13 | But since he had only a vague idea about the length of the Tarvaras day , he could only guess from the position of the sun and the length of the shadows that it was mid to late afternoon . |
| 14 | This knight was named Oleg Ban , and he was so poor that he had only a horse and two hounds , nine men to fight for him , nine maids , and a wooden fortress ; but he was the bravest knight in the whole land . |
| 15 | He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road . |
| 16 | He had only a weak light to work by , from a solitary streetlamp near the end of the alley , but it was enough . |
| 17 | She had one advantage over him ; he had only a general idea of which shops would interest Garry and his ‘ Mrs Smith ’ , but Claudia knew Dana would make straight for the most exclusive dress shops , and luckily Claudia had a very good idea which one would be at the top of her list . |
| 18 | He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone . |
| 19 | He had only a daughter to succeed him and his son-in-law turned out to be a second Michael Chambre , who after Lath 's death ‘ let loose the reins to many disorderly courses , as cocking , raseing , drinking and lewdnesse ’ , so that he too finally lost all and sold Balderton to Robert Hayward , a local yeoman . |
| 20 | He had only a tiny parliamentary majority , and Britain was in the grip of another economic crisis . |