Example sentences of "only [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 2 | He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up . |
| 3 | Thus she not only shouted at him , she once took his best blowpipe , broke it in two and stamped on it . |
| 4 | The woman did n't remove her arms from the curd , only nodded at her son and then at the bucket of peelings . |
| 5 | I only arrived at it this morning . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 7 | The side door to the house swung in when he touched it probably only locked at night . |
| 8 | He often only glanced at the reports . |
| 9 | I d I could only glanced at it as I drove past cos the traffic was moving fairly quickly for the lights there you know . |
| 10 | Now they claim they only signed at the suggestion of Attorney-General Sir Nicholas Lyell — and the buck passes on . |
| 11 | Shopwatch only started at the beginning of the year but is already proving effective deterring some casual shoplifters . |
| 12 | Grand Prix only started at quarter past eleven . |
| 13 | Set above an aquiline nose , they only hinted at the sensuality which was clearly evident in the curved line of his mouth and his hard , determined chin . |
| 14 | She only worked at Pembroke Lodge for four weeks and I hardly set eyes on her . |
| 15 | But I should not have been sent straight from school to Somerville on Classics ; I wanted to swap to History but did not know enough , so I was encouraged to do P.P.E. I was bored by both Philosophy and Economics so I only worked at Politics ’ . |
| 16 | The USSR won decisively against all their serious rivals , Yugoslavia , the US and England , in the first five rounds and only slackened at the end when the gold medals were assured . |
| 17 | He only laughed at her fears . |
| 18 | But many people only laughed at these stories . |
| 19 | Azmaveth only laughed at Lucien 's perplexity . |
| 20 | The Marshal only stared at the warrant , his great eyes bulging more than ever . |
| 21 | And then , when she only stared at the car without responding , he added , ‘ I said it was a matter of timing . |
| 22 | The monk , wearing a black tabard over a white habit , only stared at him , but halted beside a low doorway and tossed his head in a summons . |
| 23 | Two or three months prior to the Dams Raid , when the new squadron was being formed in the spring of 1943 , ground crew personnel from all over Bomber Command were selected and sent to Scampton , the best men at their respective jobs , for what they only knew at that time was going to be one special operation . |
| 24 | We only looked at it yesterday ? , |
| 25 | The boy said nothing , only looked at both of us with wide-open eyes , but there were no tears despite the pain . |
| 26 | David remained close for a brief moment , perhaps hoping that she would retract her words , but Beth only looked at him in that certain proud manner which told him she would not change her mind . |
| 27 | ‘ But if they only looked at me coldly , and whispered behind their hands about me , and then left me one by one ? ’ |
| 28 | He let me go , and only looked at me . |
| 29 | Rachaela only looked at her . |
| 30 | But he only looked at her blankly , and gave no rueful half-smile in collusion . |