Example sentences of "had only [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and her husband had only moved to a government-sponsored caravan park south of Miami after Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home last August . |
| 2 | Clevedon Veals skipper Ray Bazeley had only planned for a small squad outing after their first choice match on the Nene at Peterborough was cancelled . |
| 3 | He said it was clear that the government had only joined as a last resort to try and solve the country 's economic problems . |
| 4 | I was excited to use it since I had only painted onto a stretched canvas once before , and I stretched it eagerly and tightly . |
| 5 | Though dawn was approaching , he had only loomed as a huge shadow to her . |