Example sentences of "[was/were] only [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing was confirmed until recently , and even these gigs we 've just done in South America were only a testing ground to see how Brian would feel being the lead singer and mainman in general . |
| 2 | That was 1870 ; yet in 1881 Frances Mary Buss [ Miss Buss and Miss Beale/Cupid 's darts do not feel/How different from us/are Miss Beale and Miss Buss ] could say ‘ There is now no such thing as a ‘ woman 's education question ’ , ’ even if that were only a half truth . |
| 3 | And these were only the London evenings . |
| 4 | Many of these features of the modern world were only the surface manifestations of the much greater structural changes begun in early industrialism and accelerated since the Second World War . |
| 5 | They had also made their social entrance at a time when television — so often blamed as another demoralising force — was only a minority pursuit in Britain , with no more than two million viewing licences in 1953 ; and when the commercial TV channel , which was most commonly alleged to be lowering standards , had not even been created . |
| 6 | So and smashed all the windows and everything in it erm so what 's that and as I say it was only a scrap van er and now he 'd bought the little chapel on the corner . |
| 7 | but I was only a gingerbread woman |
| 8 | Walsh said : ‘ I was just a nobody and it was only a telephone call from Oldham coach Peter Tunks that persuaded me to apply . |
| 9 | Those with long memories may recall that the Solo made its first appearance at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show , but that was only a mock-up prototype . |
| 10 | I always felt that Lulling was only a stepping stone to greater things for Anthony . ’ |
| 11 | In her eyes it was only a stepping stone . |
| 12 | Life at Lille was easy and completely noneventful ; it was only a recruiting post used for clearing volunteers before they were despatched on to Paris . |
| 13 | It was obvious that Matthew would have been more at home at the little desk by the window , where there was only a kitchen chair to sit on . |
| 14 | It was only a club game … sadly no league points to be won but victory over a side like Cardiff can only bring good to Gloucester … they went into the lead with two penalties from martin roberts … |
| 15 | To rugby now and on saturday Gloucester enjoyed their biggest and best win of the season … they beat Bristol thirty … eight eleven at Kinghsolm … shame it was only a club match |
| 16 | ‘ It was only a postcard photo and I gave it spirituality , animation and took it to another vocabulary ’ . |
| 17 | It was only a pistol shot . |
| 18 | All right , it was only a bounce game but one has a notion that there is a warning there which the Lions and their selectors will ignore at their peril . |
| 19 | Sid patiently tutored me on star gradings and assured me that technically the climb was only a V. Diff , so I would cope ! |
| 20 | There was only a skeleton staff on duty and no one took much notice of him . |
| 21 | Even if it was only a car driver 's license . |
| 22 | There was n't nothing to be afraid of — it was only a side bit with some trolleys and stuff in it . |
| 23 | ( According to the Japan Industrial Robot Association there was only a 10% increase during 1991 . ) |
| 24 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 25 | But these people had been shot down some months ago and as the Feldwebel had told me that this was only a transit camp I knew that I was not likely to meet them here . |
| 26 | Three where there used to be me , or Mary and er May , she was the youngest , she was only a baby May and Miss er May was cos she was the youngest . |
| 27 | The appeal court in Pappa v Rose ( 1872 ) LR 7 CP 525 noted that the valuers in Jenkins v Betham had declared themselves to be persons possessed of proper skill for valuations of ecclesiastical property , whereas Mr Rose was only a selling broker expressing his opinion . |
| 28 | I was surprised when I found out about the interim order , but I assumed that was only a convenience measure , because you 're resident in Scotland and I 'm not . |
| 29 | ‘ He was only a Repo Man . |
| 30 | I mean , going back to nineteen eighty three for instance , in the whole of er area there was no adult day care at all and in at that time there was only the Road day centre for the learning disabled which , with the best will in the world , is not the jewel in our crown . |