Example sentences of "[was/were] only [num] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
| 3 | Maidstone is one of a number of designated prisons able to take ‘ lifers ’ and it can provide up to 100 places for them , although there were only 80 at the time of my visit . |
| 4 | ‘ It used to get me so angry and I really wanted to protect my mother and help her , but I was only six at the time and there was nothing I could do . |
| 5 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
| 6 | ‘ I was all set to do a solo record for Shrapnel , but a couple of months before I was due to do it , Mike Varney introduced me to Jason , who was only 16 at the time . |
| 7 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 8 | Johnny Cooper was the ‘ baby ’ of the unit and was only 18 at the time . |
| 9 | Even as this story is being written , in the 1980s , one man can still remember that far-off funeral of 1905 , though he was only five at the time : |
| 10 | Way back in the 1960s , when the tricolour flew in Divis St , I was only sixteen at the time . |
| 11 | And she was only nine at the time ! |
| 12 | His son , with a face blemished by a large red birthmark which led to his being known as James of the Fiery Face , was only 6 at the time of the assassination . |
| 13 | She was only forty-six at the time , but sheer hardship and constant exposure to the worst elements the high Pennines could mete out had drained her youth away . |
| 14 | As I was only three at the time , I lacked confidence in my ability to make it back to dry land under my own steam . ’ |