Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [conj] it was only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am in everyone 's bad books because I said that it was only a shop . |
| 2 | But I supposed that it was only the sweet pain of yearning the sweet uncertainty of what-may-perhaps-be . |
| 3 | In a prison-camp the world you wanted to get to was visible all the time and , although you did not live in it , you knew that it was only a matter of some barbed wire and a few yards away . |
| 4 | Then she remembered that it was only a selection of the poems he had been reading and she did not need to speculate further , for — much to her surprise — he began to read |
| 5 | We derived a lot of job satisfaction from this one , but unfortunately we knew that it was only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 6 | No cos they bent round and we had a tie , we did but it was only a little bannister you know , we tried it |
| 7 | Some we chased but it was only a matter of chasing them out of the way . |
| 8 | Passers-by were clearly baffled by what they saw and it was only when curiosity proved too much that anyone came near enough to be buttonholed . |
| 9 | But the stabbing pain in his eardrums was almost welcome , as the roaring subsided to a grumbling , faraway avalanche and he realised that it was only the sound of the storm . |
| 10 | It seems that it was only yesterday that singer/songwriter/activist Sinead O'Connor was at the top of the charts and could ‘ do not wrong ’ as far as the record buying public goes . |
| 11 | Jotan 's expression suggested that he thought that it was only a matter of time . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , he felt that it was only correct that the recipient of such a gift should also feel at ease there , and indeed it very quickly became the ‘ home ’ of the Queen as well . |
| 13 | Sometimes he felt that it was only the power of his concentration that kept everything in order . |
| 14 | The explanation given by Grant was that attempts to contact Brady ahead of making public the board 's move had failed , though he accepted that it was only right the manager be the first to know . |
| 15 | Even then , he wondered if it was only in his imagination . |