Example sentences of "only [vb past] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You only got a few minutes did n't you ? |
| 2 | Well I only got a few responses so the rest of the votes I made up . |
| 3 | So is the main report true ? only got a few seconds , I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 5 | ‘ They had a long and very happy life together , and when her husband finally died Lucia only lingered a few days before following him . ’ |
| 6 | I broke my leg in training and I only played a dozen games undefeated , mind you ! |
| 7 | The man only painted a dozen pictures . |
| 8 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 9 | In the first months of Kennedy 's presidency the United States not only undertook a substantial arms build up , but also began to float new ideas in strategic doctrine , most notably Maxwell Taylor 's theory of flexible response . |
| 10 | Second man in is and he was from Sanco Texas er he only flew a few missions with me , in training I 'd had another co-pilot and er I had checked the co-pilot I had when the crew was organized out , so he could go back through and come as er as a Plane Commander with a crew . |
| 11 | But equally , the moths only took a hundred years to make their change . |
| 12 | Next day I was a second rigger on a Vickers Victoria — a large troop carrier known as the " flying pig " because of its girth , The squadron had a general purpose role and just how general call be gauged by my first flight , which was only a couple of days later — to deliver a coffin-like box to RAF Shaibah near Basra , The journey only took a few hours , On arrival the coffin was decanted and refilled with ice and shark meat in exchange for the pork we had brought from the squadron pig firm . |
| 13 | The ambulance only took a few minutes , but it seemed like hours . |
| 14 | But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He only said a few words ’ Maxim said slowly trying to remember . |
| 16 | The exclusion only lasted a few minutes , but it seemed a lifetime to her . |
| 17 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ The marriage only lasted a few weeks , but he and Carol remained friends . |
| 19 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 20 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 21 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 22 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 23 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
| 24 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 25 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 26 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 27 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 28 | A dedicated professional seaman , he practised his motor launches ( MLs ) , the motor gun boat ( MGB ) , and the modified motor torpedo boat ( MTB 74 ) operating in close company , manoeuvres they did not normally execute and only had a few weeks to learn . |
| 29 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |