Example sentences of "who had only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the remarkable thing is that three years ago Euravia did n't exist at all — except in the mind of its founder , Denis Mendoros , who had only lately arrived from his native Greece . |
| 2 | Though the morale of the Party faithful had been temporarily resuscitated by Hitler 's rhetoric , it is clear that rhetoric alone was no longer sufficient to restore the confidence of the considerable sections of the population who had only superficially been won over in previous years by the magnitude of Hitler 's seemingly undeniable ‘ achievements ’ and who had suffered irreversible disillusionment since 1941–2 . |
| 3 | The former ANC president Oliver Tambo , who had only partially recovered from a stroke , was given the largely honorary position of national chairman . |
| 4 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 5 | It was a comfortable victory and encouraging to see Macdonald , who had only just arrived in Australia to replace Stuart Reid , doing so well so soon . |
| 6 | Had he known that four Pakis were resting their dark arses on his deep leather seats , ready to be driven by his daughter , who had only recently been fucked by one of them , he would n't have been a contented man . |
| 7 | The new Minister , Idris Wakil , who had only recently come from Zanzibar to join the new Cabinet after the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar , explained the reason for the new Ministry. : |
| 8 | Thus provisioned , he invited Louise to come to the banqueting hall to celebrate her birthday , though in a very quiet way , he assured her ; he had not forgotten that she must still be suffering on account of her father , who had only recently taken his last dive down the well in the Residency yard in the wake of so many of his former patients . |
| 9 | Severini , who had only recently met Carrà and Russolo , now took the Italian painters on a tour of the Paris studios and galleries . |
| 10 | The driver of the car was today named as Jason Penter , ( 24 ) of Keymer Court , Burgess Hill , West Sussex , who had only recently bought the BMW . |
| 11 | Make-up was a mystery to Pamela who had only ever worn lipstick . |
| 12 | However , it did n't stop Charlie wanting to taste Coca-Cola , the latest drink from America , at a cost of a penny a bottle ; or to try the new safety razor from Gillette — despite the fact that he had n't even started shaving — at sixpence for the holder and twopence for six blades : he felt sure his father , who had only ever used a cut-throat , would consider the whole idea sissy . |
| 13 | Colour had begun to reappear , particularly in the work of Léger , who had only seriously restricted his palette in 1910 . |
| 14 | Pieces of Eight marked a new self-confident Kenneth Williams who had only occasionally revealed himself until then . |