Example sentences of "there was only the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only the perennial problem of Birkenhead . |
| 2 | There was only the smallest flicker of reaction on Eleanor 's beautiful face . |
| 3 | but I thought you said there was only the five , two , one |
| 4 | He turned away from them , and rode onwards to where the Circle began to grow more empty to the north , and soon there was only the long bar of the outer wall between him and the hills . |
| 5 | There was only the thinnest of pretence that the Soviet Union embodied ideas of socialism or communism or human development . |
| 6 | There was only the merest hiatus before the breasts-in-question 's husband said , ‘ What would they be to an accountant ? ’ |
| 7 | As there was only the one company it is reasonable to infer that everyone roped in for the first loan was in fact a Merchant Taylor . |
| 8 | But then too late they realized there was only the one power point in the garage and they had n't got enough adaptors to take all the amplifiers and instruments . |
| 9 | I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went . |
| 10 | There was only the one thing . |
| 11 | There were four headmasters and they From Not from Girran because there was only the one high school , but from er Prestwick , Glenbuck and that , and the used to meet on a Saturday at Turnbelly to play golf . |
| 12 | There was only the one way out , and he was blocking it . |
| 13 | Suddenly urgent to feed her , he looked about the table and discovered that there was only the one plate and set of utensils . |
| 14 | in nineteen eighty four there , there was only the one company they had n't divisionalized , so I joined er company in nineteen eighty four |
| 15 | There was only the one word , but something in the way he looked made her hesitate . |
| 16 | all , you know when it was transferred there was only the two of us . |
| 17 | Or maybe he 's remembered some other time in the heat and dirt and anger when there was only the two of us , and the world had burst into flames . |
| 18 | er and there was only the two fruit stalls there |
| 19 | There was a window at the top , on the landing , but outside there was only the blue jewel night . |
| 20 | Then there was only the shrill , relentless voice of the gale . |
| 21 | There was only the occasional dramatic response to food exclusion , as shown by the patient with salicylate sensitivity and overall avoidance of suspect foods did not prolong remission . |
| 22 | Surely there would have been signs of porpoise tanks or something of that kind on board , and there was only the diving equipment and the submersible research vehicle . |
| 23 | She was unaware of the time passing ; there was only the comforting tick of the grandmother clock in the corner to break the silence . |
| 24 | There was only the dead weight on the end of the chain . |
| 25 | It was so different from what Oxford might have been , with its gracious spires ; here there was only the nearby cathedral , set on a slight rise , with its graveyard stretching up the hill . |
| 26 | There was no sound of impact and certainly no disintegration for when the water and the spray cleared away there was only the empty sea and curiously small waves , little more than ripples , radiating outwards from the point of impact . |
| 27 | There was only the slightest of pauses for communal reflection before twenty-nine pairs of shoes were duly launched at the teacher in charge . |
| 28 | was doing all right , but Norway spruce was doing very badly , because during the war during the Wintertime do you see , there was only the Menai Straits , there and there was not much salt in the air . |
| 29 | They spoke little , for there was no need of speech between them , there was only the quick accord and understanding that exists between all wild creatures . |
| 30 | There was only the French chef Pierre , whistling between his teeth as he pounded something aromatic in a pestle , and a couple of aproned maids bustling about with what looked like preparations for breakfast . |