Example sentences of "it [was/were] only the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But back in the thirties it was only the fortunate dogs who were inoculated ; The disease is so easy to prevent but almost impossible to cure . |
| 2 | London 's Evening Standard was moved to add fuel to the fire and proclaim ‘ this year , the long knives were out ’ , but it was only the tall tales that were really in evidence . |
| 3 | The only thing you done , it was lucky in that it was only the outer ones . |
| 4 | Nassim winced at the sound of breaking glass from the bathroom , but it was only the remaining splinters of the old stuff coming down . |
| 5 | It was only the unnatural methods they used in order to combat the problem which were wrong . |
| 6 | The emphasis on the moral strength and spirituality of women was a central strand in the social purity campaigns of the late nineteenth century ; and it was only the maternal instincts which allowed a woman to subject herself to what was conceived of as the almost ungovernable lust of men . |
| 7 | But er I used to go I did n't eat with the men you were n't allowed to eat with the men you see , it was only the full men that sat round this table well |