Example sentences of "was only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , my son , who was only a very small boy when you last saw him , happened the other day . |
| 2 | And even then it was only a matter of sandwiches or pickled eggs . |
| 3 | She was only a little taller than he . |
| 4 | The porch was only a tiny little thing but at least it had a roof and the floor was clear of rubbish . |
| 5 | For Jay that was only a start . |
| 6 | Not one of these men here came from a lower-lying farm ( except Donald McCulloch , and their place was only a slip of ground between the steep hill and the road ) . |
| 7 | Her face was only a foot from his . |
| 8 | She left the Tube at Chalk Farm and walked — it was only a few hundred yards . |
| 9 | ‘ It was only a joke . ’ |
| 10 | It was only a matter of time before a competitor sprang on the market . |
| 11 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 12 | But the beloved was unattainable either because she belonged to another or because , like his muse , she forever eluded him as she was only a figment of his imagination . |
| 13 | Fortunately there was only a trickle of water entering the opening . |
| 14 | ‘ It was only a wooden leg , though , ’ explained Steve . |
| 15 | It is unsound to argue that Svidrigailov 's experience was only a bad dream , because the manuscript variants prove that Dostoevsky was prepared at one stage to forego the actuality of the sexual outcome between Stavrogin and the child . |
| 16 | Clive Thompson , chief executive of Rentokil , said the company was only a small player in the US timber preserving market and had decided to concentrate on the UK , European and Asian markets where Rentokil has large market shares . |
| 17 | So long as East Germany kept its Czech border open , any evacuation of would-be emigrants from the embassy was only a temporary solution , signalling to still more East Germans that a conduit to the West existed . |
| 18 | The terms were staggering to anyone naive enough to think football was only a game . |
| 19 | Those who follow this sort of thing will tell you that yesterday 's recapitalisation of Ross Consumer Electronics was only a matter of time . |
| 20 | AS A FILM-MAKER , Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was only a minor member of the nouvelle vague but by virtue of being — with Andre Bazin — the founder and editor of Cahiers du Cinema he was one of the driving forces behind the movement . |
| 21 | It was only a month ago that the index hit a post crash high of 2,423.9 . |
| 22 | Those with long memories may recall that the Solo made its first appearance at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show , but that was only a mock-up prototype . |
| 23 | Ramsey was only a little disappointed at this failure . |
| 24 | His privilege and independence might further be seen to confer the trappings of a ‘ humaneness ’ which in truth was only a benign counterpart of the more brutal colonialism that appalled him . |
| 25 | It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant . |
| 26 | Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner . |
| 27 | It was only a cast-iron lump with pushrod valvegear , of course , and with no pretensions to be anything more exotic ; even in 1964 we observed that ‘ although this comparatively unsophisticated six-cylinder engine must now be very near the end of its development , it seems to have gained in flexibility and is virtually free from any temperament . ’ |
| 28 | Annie was real clever — even though she was only a little kid , like . |
| 29 | There was n't nothing to be afraid of — it was only a side bit with some trolleys and stuff in it . |
| 30 | For a second I thought Marie was with me , but it was only a dream . |