Example sentences of "only [vb past] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only got into a couple of fights . |
| 2 | It was an exercise to prove the existence of a Nonconformist unity which only came into existence by the exercise . |
| 3 | There are early mentions of the Portadown district in Latin documents about Papal taxation in 1296 and 1302 where the references are to Plebs Varren ( or , more familiarly , Ballyoran ) and the name ‘ Ballywarren al' Portadowne ’ is in the Ulster Inquisitions of 1609 but Portadown as a village only came into existence at the Plantation of Ulster . |
| 4 | Despite many ingenious methods of providing transcendental excitement , the TOM only came into its own in the mid twenty-second century . |
| 5 | I had forgotten that before the war there had been no Women 's Auxiliary Air Force to build barrack blocks for , as the Force only came into being in 1939 . |
| 6 | The argument that , quite apart from the question of recklessness , the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 ( which only came into force in the UK in December 1986 ) does as a matter of law override the limitation provisions of both the Hague-Visby Rules and the Athens Convention ( for passenger claims ) will not be easily accepted by Norton Rose . |
| 7 | A comparatively recent sub-section , as it were , of the Branch , it only came into being in 1973 when Ray Davis joined the Branch as the sole practitioner amongst us in the use of flight recorders . |
| 8 | Pakistan only came into existence as an independent country shortly after the end of the Second World War and consequently shares much of its cultural and rug-making heritage with India . |
| 9 | Section 8 only came into the argument because it was contended on behalf of Mrs. Gillick that , but for section 8 , no minor could ever consent to medical treatment and that section 8 was designed only to lower the age of consent to such treatment from 18 to 16 : see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 123 , per Parker L.J. , and at p. 144D , per Fox L.J . |
| 10 | This china lived in the sideboard in the dining-room and only came into the kitchen to be warmed before a meal and washed up afterwards . |
| 11 | I only came into the room and I switched it on and i there were quite a lot of recriminations with people who |
| 12 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 13 | Although Trusts only came into operation in April ninety one , the evidence suggests that many , that many have improved patient services in many w many areas waiting lists have been cut through greater efficiency and increased use of day surgery . |
| 14 | The inshore lifeboat only came into action to take the men ashore after one of our vessels was damaged . ’ |
| 15 | Those thoughts only came into my head later . |
| 16 | Ballymena worked hard but it still was n't enough against a low-key Portadown side who only clicked into gear at the finish . |
| 17 | Men who only went into a shop for ‘ baccy ’ , matches or a paper , were sent round to the local grocer 's and butcher 's shops to buy up everything that was n't nailed down . |
| 18 | I only went into the place twenty minutes ago . ’ |
| 19 | Mattlock 's business judgement was vindicated by Cotton Town 's sales : it only went into one printing . |
| 20 | erm there is criticism that erm we only went into this war because of oil interests . |
| 21 | I rolled and tossed and kept thinking of Mum , and only fell into a doze at dawn . |
| 22 | Back at the house , she waited , tense , to see whether he would take his things up to another room , but he said nothing about it , only slid into his bag with a sigh that assuaged her ; it was the sigh of a child finding a safe place . |
| 23 | Mainly middle-aged women with their daughters , they all wore hats and gloves ; everyone seemed to know everyone else and the chattering and laughter only subsided into an expectant hush after the chief vendeuse had discreetly clapped her hands twice . |