Example sentences of "[vb infin] only [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have only lasted a couple of minutes but believe me it felt like hours . |
| 2 | But er Berty said it would have only lasted a couple of weeks , cos Alec wo n't talk . |
| 3 | But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs . |
| 4 | In 1979 a homebuyer would have only had a choice of repayment or the newly-popular endowment mortgages . |
| 5 | It is ironic that Kent , such a devoted follower of his master , should have only had the fifth edition , and not the ‘ most nearly perfect of all ’ on which to base his teaching . |
| 6 | I sought my tutor in his arid rooms , Who told me , ‘ You 'd have only got a third . ’ |
| 7 | Even the oil lamps , candles , or spills of the miners would have only accentuated the shadows , making crevices even darker and threatening , and eerily distorting every shape . |