Example sentences of "only [num] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
2 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
3 | His mother 's death was the first he had been intimately concerned with — his father 's hardly counted , because Peter had been only thirteen at the time . |
4 | ‘ It used to get me so angry and I really wanted to protect my mother and help her , but I was only six at the time and there was nothing I could do . |
5 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
6 | As I was only three at the time , I lacked confidence in my ability to make it back to dry land under my own steam . ’ |
7 | Being only three at the time , I ca n't remember much about it . |
8 | As a bright and promising student of Armchair Theatre Sydney Newman felt Verity Lambert was right for the Producer 's post , in spite of her distinct lack of years , being only twenty-seven at the time of her appointment . |
9 | She was only forty-six at the time , but sheer hardship and constant exposure to the worst elements the high Pennines could mete out had drained her youth away . |
10 | Johnny Cooper was the ‘ baby ’ of the unit and was only 18 at the time . |
11 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
12 | ‘ And you were only 18 at the time as opposed to being a grown man . ’ |
13 | Way back in the 1960s , when the tricolour flew in Divis St , I was only sixteen at the time . |
14 | Maidstone is one of a number of designated prisons able to take ‘ lifers ’ and it can provide up to 100 places for them , although there were only 80 at the time of my visit . |
15 | His son , with a face blemished by a large red birthmark which led to his being known as James of the Fiery Face , was only 6 at the time of the assassination . |
16 | And she was only nine at the time ! |
17 | ‘ I was all set to do a solo record for Shrapnel , but a couple of months before I was due to do it , Mike Varney introduced me to Jason , who was only 16 at the time . |
18 | Even as this story is being written , in the 1980s , one man can still remember that far-off funeral of 1905 , though he was only five at the time : |
19 | Although only fifteen at the time of his father 's death he soon showed himself to be a cunning and unscrupulous politician . |
20 | Notice that we can specify only one at a time of the gates controlled by such a field , so we must encode as one group only gates which need never be opened together . |
21 | In practice , the number of members denied reselection was small ( only seven by the time the 1983 general election was called ) , but the issue served to highlight the more overt emphasis placed by Labour activists on a candidate 's political stance than was the case on the Conservative side . |