Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] only [num] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The man had never seen it , although it lay only twenty miles to the north . |
| 2 | This , Mwangaza ( ‘ Light ’ ) , was later to become the first Swahili daily , but although it cost only three cents it never achieved sales higher than about 1,400 . |
| 3 | It looked as if it had only two storeys , but suggested an attic under the fanlight in the roof . |
| 4 | After some discussion on back-dating , the formula was accepted though it had only six months to live . |
| 5 | The impact angle was very shallow and the aircraft was apparently under some control as it settled only three feet over a horizontal distance of 420 feet . |
| 6 | By selling 12 times as much wine as it did only five years ago , Australia outsells the US , and with the exchange rate currently working in our favour , prices are getting cheaper all the time . |