Example sentences of "it only [vb past] [adj] " 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 | So , again I wrote , telling the would-be backpacker that having the survival bag was a bit like taking out insurance — it only became useful if he had an emergency . |
| 4 | The minister , who had radically restructured French research and technology , actually handed in his resignation on 2 February after a clash with President Francois Mitterrand — but it only became public last week . |
| 5 | But even as late as 1861 , it only represented 9 per cent of all architects . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | Yes it only took four or five minutes until you were told the occupants were secure but then it er everybody waited for the C I D to arrive . |
| 9 | It only took this one slight pressure when he was least expecting it and he came loose . |
| 10 | It only took half a second to realize that I was not on camera but had strolled into a genuine ‘ stick-up ’ . |
| 11 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 12 | It only had one wing . |
| 13 | The mysterious disguise hid the identity of the figure , but could not conceal that it only had one arm . |
| 14 | But then , unaccountably , its initial popularity dropped off , and it only had eight further performances that year . |
| 15 | When Windows was in the same place it only had 25,000 kits out . |
| 16 | In 1947 it had an average daily circulation of 2 , 134,000 copies but in 1961 it only sold 1,394,000 copies . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It only left one possible explanation . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh my God — it only needed that . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Yakovlev devotes loving attention to the single , insignificant sovkhoz ( state farm ) in the whole area , although it only employed eleven people . |
| 24 | Yeah , it only happened last week , Thursday |