Example sentences of "was only [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was only popping over chemist to get a bloody
2 I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected .
3 Well I was only going to sleep Jo , I was n't doing anything , I 'm just tired .
4 He was only missing from Palace line-ups from that time as a result of injury or illness , though his playing record demonstrates that he was prone to neither , and it was while we had Billy Callender in goal that Palace came closest to returning to Division 2 in 1928–29 , when we finished as runners-up to Charlton on goal average .
5 We broke windows accidentally , we were throwing erm in fact I was only talking about whip and top the other day , and erm er which was a a game we used to play .
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