Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] only a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , Mr Cod was destined to be with them for only a short time . |
| 2 | I could watch her face as she made repeated revisions of her assessments of me of only a few moments before . |
| 3 | He was taller than she by only a few inches , and slenderly built , an athletic lightweight in a heather tweed sportscoat and grey cords . |
| 4 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
| 5 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 6 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
| 7 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 8 | They did little , however , and Grubb took over the ride again last November , but has taken him to only a few shows , mostly indoor , in which Ever has been extremely consistent . |
| 9 | At the time of the contrasting attentions given to the ball at Lord 's in 1930 it was worth polishing it during only a few early overs . |