Example sentences of "[was/were] only [adv] later that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later . |
| 2 | It was only much later that it hit me and that was more shock than something could happen again . ’ |
| 3 | It arrived about two months after the news about my father , although it was only much later that I was told what was in it . |
| 4 | It was only much later that Alexei 's mystery sickness was connected with the Chernobyl explosion . |
| 5 | It was only much later that she came to understand that the place was in its infancy . |
| 6 | It was only much later that I remembered my speech had been more or less word for word something my dad had said to me once . |