Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] only [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was only garrison artillery on guns . |
| 2 | There were only 30m plastic cards in circulation in 1979 — including cheque , credit and cash withdrawal cards — whereas now there are 100m cards in use . |
| 3 | Yeah well , there was n't many shops there really dear , there were just the er fishmongers and greengrocers and the butchers and the , we used to have to go there to get , to queue up , you had to queue because there was no , not many shops to be there you see to serve you , it 's altered a lot now , there 's a lot more shops now and the doctors I used to have to queue right out the gate , the doctors a big long queue , there was only Dr surgery and then we had another doctor came that started down at erm the bottom of erm Harlow near where , where do they call that ? |
| 4 | There was only booking Amnesty ? |
| 5 | He thought that the Capra film had made ‘ greenish grass grow where there was only alkali dust before ’ because it consistently preferred ‘ the light touch to the heavy ’ and used actors ‘ who are thoroughly up to the work of acting ’ . |
| 6 | Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying , so there was only routine work to attend to . |
| 7 | In 1970 there was only $7 billion-worth of high-yield bonds outstanding , most of them originally issued as top-notch debt but later downgraded by rating agencies and the market . |
| 8 | It was only tomato sauce , after all ! |
| 9 | Because you see that surface water , it was only surface water , because when that boat was drifting there was an awful lot of movement . |
| 10 | It was only Operation Eagle that saved him and his men from the penal unit they were serving in . ’ |
| 11 | More importantly , it was only Biscuit Bomber left in Australia . |
| 12 | It was only police vigilance which prevented more than the four casualties . |
| 13 | It was only family loyalty that prevented Lucy from admitting that her aunt 's references to her dear Tom had never sounded convincing , and , giving a small sigh , she said , ‘ Perhaps I understand more than you realise . ’ |
| 14 | Before it was only pet shop owners who were entertained ! |
| 15 | It was only summer timber thing , you know . |
| 16 | I 'm sure I seen it , or was it , less it was only club book I seen it in . |