Example sentences of "was only [art] [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | She left the Tube at Chalk Farm and walked — it was only a few hundred yards . |
2 | The farmers threatened to sue IBM and one , Jack Briscoe , whose farm was only a few hundred yards from the mine entrance , claimed to have lost 40 animals in the past ten years from toxic lead fallout from the mine 's operations . |
3 | On the following night Dougal and Lorton decided against taking the car ; the distance from Lorton 's house to the Newleys ' was only a few hundred yards . |
4 | Whilst it was many centuries before flint sickles were replaced with iron scythes and reap hooks , it was only a few more years before reapers , when self binders and then combines were introduced . |
5 | That was only a few short days ago but now seemed light years away . |
6 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |