Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] only [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not only surprised to find they had plenty of timber for fence posts , but also that it cost far less than new wood . |
| 2 | I was not only able to review social security , I had the opportunity as a politician of implementing the changes — always provided I could get the support of my colleagues , of course , and that was not going to be easy . |
| 3 | I was n't only late to arrive I was late to leave , too . |
| 4 | In creating artificial forms they were not only careful to ensure that their siting was appropriate but also that all the elements in the design , such as shape , proportion and size , respected Nature rather than acted against it . |
| 5 | Now he was not only unable to remember the names of politicians , sportsmen and television personalities , he also found his memory was unable to supply the personal details of people he had known since he was a child . |
| 6 | He was not only able to make most of his subjects feel proud of being Italians but also succeeded to a great extent in making them believe that his great dream of giving Italy an important place in the world , as important as that of Britain and France , could become a reality . |