Example sentences of "[be] only [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er making yourself feel good even if it 's only for a short time . |
| 2 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 3 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 4 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 5 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 6 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |