Example sentences of "was [vb pp] only [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Had he agreed to resign , he would have been entitled to his superannuation for 29 years ' service in Poor Law Institutions ; as it was , he was given only the nine years entitlement from his time at Bedford .
2 An elegance which was enjoyed only a few days earlier can now seem artificial , out of touch with the sense of self that has arisen .
3 This , remember , was said only a few months after Battiston of France suffered a serious neck injury when Schumacher , the West German goalkeeper , brutally bodychecked him in a World Cup semi-final .
4 The second dramatisation to have a major impact in the 1980s was shown only a few days after ‘ Walter ’ .
5 The Coppergate bear commemorates the city 's Viking connection which stretch back 1,000 years and the Guy Fawkes bear , complete with its own poem , is a reminder that the man who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament was born only a few doors from the shop .
6 The new MOT exhaust emissions test , which was introduced only a few months ago , will also play a significant part in cleaning up the air .
7 The special Christmas shopping service , which will be hauled by British Rail diesel power direct from Butterley Station via Nottingham , Beeston and Loughborough to London , was announced only a few weeks ago and is already nearly full .
8 ‘ I 'll come , ’ said Karr , but he was gone only a few moments .
9 This was confirmed only a few days ago when yet another visit to the garage became necessary , this time through no fault of the Metro 's .
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