Example sentences of "it only [vb past] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the short life of the sealed unit built into each ball , it only lasted six months . |
| 2 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 3 | It only took six seconds to load each room but some puzzles require you to operate buttons in several rooms , so you would obviously be running between rooms for a while . |
| 4 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 5 | It only had one wing . |
| 6 | The mysterious disguise hid the identity of the figure , but could not conceal that it only had one arm . |
| 7 | When Windows was in the same place it only had 25,000 kits out . |
| 8 | In 1947 it had an average daily circulation of 2 , 134,000 copies but in 1961 it only sold 1,394,000 copies . |
| 9 | Last year it only sold 5,500 houses in 12 months , but this year it has already sold 4,160 houses in the first five months . |
| 10 | I used to find myself walking the landing bladed up and it only needed one word out of place and I 'd turn them into a Tetley Tea Bag and I 'd never get out . |
| 11 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |
| 12 | Given the rugged nature of the area , I was shocked , indeed horrified , to find that although it contained several hundred of Prince Charlie 's caves , it only boasted three Munros . |
| 13 | Yakovlev devotes loving attention to the single , insignificant sovkhoz ( state farm ) in the whole area , although it only employed eleven people . |