Example sentences of "only [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only made her worse . |
| 2 | Green eyes stared back at her from beneath dark slanting brows but with her short hair that accentuated her elfin face she somehow felt the swimsuit only made her slight figure look even more boyish . |
| 3 | While this may have appeared to solve the monarchy 's immediate problems , in the long run it only made them worse . |
| 4 | You did n't run — that only made them eager for the chase . |
| 5 | A kindly uncle with no children of his own had paid for him to be educated , but education only made him discontented with his lot in life . |
| 6 | Management consultancy not only made him rich ( he sold Telesis for $1m and has just forked out $1.25m for a Washington house ) ; it also convinced him that America 's ludicrously wasteful health-care system was undermining the nation 's competitiveness abroad . |
| 7 | He particularly enjoyed the fact that his vaguely cosmopolitan , vaguely raffish air not only made him attractive to certain high-born English gels , but led to such useful pillow-talk . |
| 8 | Apparently her lack of repentance only made me angrier . |
| 9 | He came forward speaking softly but this only made it worse , for she came at him again , this time so viciously that , thinking she might hurt herself , he backed away across the path towards the benches . |
| 10 | Sandy lay still for a while , hoping to feel better ; but being flat on her back did n't help , and closing her eyes only made it worse . |
| 11 | Victor and I spent a month in the sun trying to drink it out of our systems , but the hangovers only made it worse . |
| 12 | But wanting only frustrated him more . |
| 13 | They nicked whole street , and I only read it last night . |
| 14 | Roy Bailey made his Palace debut at the age of just 17 years , but he only became our regular goalkeeper after his spell of National Service had ended early in 1953 , and then it soon became clear that Roy was a goalkeeper of the highest quality , even though he was performing in a Palace side that was almost invariably struggling . |
| 15 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 16 | No cos I only got it this summer cos my other one was nicked , my other one which had all my really nice visas in it , which I was really |
| 17 | ‘ Sir , I only met her this weekend . |
| 18 | Although he was a leading member of the Danzig Party it would probably be fair to describe him as a misguided liberal who only realised his mistaken alliance when he saw the brownshirts pulling on their kicking boots . |
| 19 | Damian sat opposite her , and every glance at his tough face only underlined her rash promise to her . |
| 20 | The earlier unicellular species were by now well adapted to their environment , and only changed their biochemical functions because of the genetic ‘ errors ’ , the mutations , that periodically occurred . |
| 21 | Aged 43 , with two teenage children , Maria only found her perfect profession five years ago . |
| 22 | I only found you this morning , and reckoning by the tide you could n't have been there long . |
| 23 | Yes , I only found it this morning by accident , I thought oh god |
| 24 | Yeah , she only charged me two fifty today . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , to let Blackbeard know we only charged him fifty per cent for returning it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I only charged them fifty pence so we wo n't get rich on that , but it 's probably done our reputation a lot of good . ’ |
| 27 | Sometimes elder , as well as younger , sons began their careers in the Church and only renounced their unordained clerical status later in life . |
| 28 | But her fear only provoked him further and he turned + slapped first Jo , and then her solidly across the face — a thing he had never done before . |
| 29 | I only got , I only ruined me other one cos when , when it , |
| 30 | However , the character of Breathless only assumed its current prominence after a shrewd Warren Beatty snagged Madonna for the role . |