Example sentences of "[conj] only [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 2 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 3 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 4 | Well , of course this option must be open , but the needs of the women who choose to stay at home , if only for a short time , can not be ignored . |
| 5 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 6 | In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) . |
| 7 | The Pilkington float process , metal skis , xerography , are success stories , but only after a long time period , much effort and many technical difficulties . |