Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] only [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 2 | At first I heard only a few calls ; within ten minutes , at least twice as many animals were calling , and , by circling about the pool , I observed that a steady stream of spadefoots was coming from all directions to the breeding area . |
| 3 | ‘ But you returned only a few weeks ago , during Holy Week ? ’ |
| 4 | If we used only the same newspapers then we would miss new developments which added to the range , while if we did add to the sample then we were not comparing like with like . |
| 5 | When writing the book Alain-Fournier drew on personal experience : at the age of nineteen he had fallen in love with a young woman he saw at the Lycée and with whom , though they exchanged only a few words , he felt a powerful affinity . |
| 6 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 7 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 8 | He played only a few times for Clarke 's side before leaving to join the United All-England XI upon its formation in 1852 . |
| 9 | He spent only a few hours in prison ; but when he was released the heads of all the foreign missions in London ( except that of Sweden , which was then at war with Russia ) accompanied him to his house in a demonstration of solidarity and next morning visited him to promise their support . |
| 10 | It needed only a few moments , and a touch of magi-glue , to insert the cylinder as par of the pedestal . |
| 11 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 12 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 13 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 14 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 15 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 16 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |
| 17 | He had only a few moments to decide on what he should do . |
| 18 | We all knew he had only a few weeks left to live . |
| 19 | He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road . |
| 20 | This suggests that although the blast that killed them was intensely hot , it lasted only a few moments , not long enough to ignite fabrics . |
| 21 | A short downpour drenched us , but it lasted only a few minutes . |
| 22 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 23 | It lasted only a few seconds , vivid enough to temporarily subdue any discord until their habitual attitudes towards each other slid into place again . |
| 24 | He sat only a few feet from the screen , perched on the edge of the bed , a study in confusion and misery . |
| 25 | Showing no emotion , he remained only a few minutes before turning away . |