Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] only a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry , Biff sat impotently for only a few moments . |
| 2 | He was inside for only a few minutes and emerged very badly shaken . |
| 3 | She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . |
| 4 | Like Trevor , when the other person 's tension breaks and the anger bursts , do you feel any satisfaction or relief within yourself , even for only a few moments ? |
| 5 | The last meeting was held on Oki premises a few weeks ago with only a few friends of the family in attendance . |
| 6 | Dorothy Sayers separates her description of the picture and her list of the fallen paints here by only a few pages ( which is perhaps why I guessed , for once ) but you can see how similar clues can be kept in two parts with dozens of pages between them . |
| 7 | The MMC has wide powers to make recommendations , and the Secretary of State to act on these recommendations , yet on only a few occasions have companies been formally penalized as a result of MMC investigations . |
| 8 | Zurich is a city of squares , in many of which time seems to have edged forward by only a few hours since the Middle Ages . |