Example sentences of "gone only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had gone only a few yards however when the horse hurled him over a precipice to his death . |
| 2 | Mait had gone only a short distance when he heard the faint beep from above . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll come , ’ said Karr , but he was gone only a few moments . |
| 4 | But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him . |
| 5 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 6 | She 'd gone only a short way when some sixth sense brought her to a halt in the nick of time . |
| 7 | She had gone only a little way however , when she stopped to check her map and , to her consternation found that when she turned the ignition on again her car would n't go ! |