Example sentences of "only [noun] [pron] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my day the only coaches we had were called charabancs and had four wheels and a man in a peaked hat . ’ |
| 2 | The only protection they had was the car itself . |
| 3 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 4 | The only card she held was her disguise . |
| 5 | We were all working flat out and the only break we had was on the second Sunday when Isvik was on the slip and the Yard closed . |
| 6 | After the Queen 's Speech at the opening of the new session of the Stormont parliament , it criticised the failure of the Government to give any commitment on a universal franchise and the Special Powers Act , but the only action it proposed was a low-key educational programme . |
| 7 | Previously the only vehicle he had was a car llusg — a slide-car , one of the most primitive vehicles used in animal traction . |
| 8 | The young Wanless , an only child who had been captain of the football team and head boy at his primary school , won a scholarship to Newcastle Royal Grammar School . |
| 9 | And how the only strokes they knew were those they practised on each other 's bodies . ) |
| 10 | From Penhill Crags , where the only bones I saw were those of a less than gigantic sheep , we walked by the disused quarry to Stony Gate and the old drove road of Morpeth Gate , now a peaceful broad green lane and very pleasant walking . |
| 11 | The only goalie I had was Bobby ‘ Tailor 's Dummy ’ Mimms so I did n't get to see 4–1 scorelines too often . |
| 12 | The only corners I knew were in the playground where boys tried to fumble in my knickers , and street corners where the winds met head-on . |
| 13 | The chief inspector disliked his arrogant manner , his jocularity at her expense , particularly when the only weapon she had was bluff and she was vulnerable for having pressed on with the case against Spittals ' opposition . |
| 14 | The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns . |
| 15 | The only place I hesitated was over the hallway . |
| 16 | When she had telephoned Robert about breakfast-time , asking to see him about an important matter , he had seemed so astonished that the only place he had been able to suggest was here . |
| 17 | The beekeeper took the stings out and the only reaction I had was I felt a little unsteady . ’ |
| 18 | Well no , er we , no we did n't , the only cattle we saw was when they were on the train , cos I do n't remember they , they seemed to . |
| 19 | They wandered silently for what seemed like miles , both wrapped in their own thoughts , and the only person they saw was a red-jumpered golfer on the course behind the beach . |
| 20 | I knew now that I might have been foolish to have expected so much from Waite , but he had been the only person who 'd been willing to treat both kidnappers and hostages as human beings and to attempt some kind of understanding about how the situation could be resolved . |
| 21 | But the only person he met was Balor , on his daily forage to the wine store during the Gruagach 's afternoon snooze , to replenish his secret stock of ale and mead , which had been sadly depleted with all these unexpected visitors to Tara . |
| 22 | So the precious day came and went , and the only person she visited was Maggie , who did n't have a lot of sympathy . |
| 23 | The only difficulties I had was in the last 24 hours when the steering gave me problems . ’ |
| 24 | The only sounds he registered were the faint rumblings of hangar doors and the occasional roar of powerful engines as his fellow-pilots tested their jets . |
| 25 | The only muniments which had been catalogued were those dating from before about 1650 . |
| 26 | They were the only people who 'd been in his room except for his Dad last night . |
| 27 | The only people who suffered were the prisoners , who were not allowed to go for walks any more . |
| 28 | Somebody knew he was coming , and the only people who did are here in Royston Manor ! ’ |
| 29 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 30 | The only life they saw were a few curlews , and once an eagle far off in the west , circling the heights . |