Example sentences of "only [adj] time [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Yeah , ’ he said again , only this time it was tinged with wariness . |
| 2 | The man with the concertina , whom Ruth had noticed on the day they sailed from Liverpool , struck up a tune ; only this time it was not a dance , but a hymn of thanksgiving and praise , in which everyone joined . |
| 3 | Only this time it was n't for him , but for Billie . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the sort of silly idea I get all the time , ’ observed Lydia , ‘ only this time it was you who got it . ’ |
| 5 | Only this time it was empty . |
| 6 | ‘ Only this time it was a mistake . |
| 7 | Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder . |
| 8 | It was just like before , back at the jetty , only this time it was a hundred times worse . |
| 9 | May 24 opened in similar fashion to the previous day , only this time it was Fearless dodging the bombs . |
| 10 | Once again , I lived in the desert , only this time I was sent away , and could never return . |
| 11 | In Zborowski 's apartment in Nice , Modigliani drew a second portrait of Germaine , very similar , only this time she was wearing a black dress . |
| 12 | Only this time she was able to tell herself that ‘ Anyone can make a mistake ’ and that these two nurses were , in fact , wrong in their hasty prognosis . |