Example sentences of "[was/were] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point was that she — and the killer-were the only people who knew Puddephat had been to the flat at all . |
| 2 | At last they-were the only ones left , except for Brown Owl , who stayed with them . |
| 3 | The clergy were the only source of education apart from the ‘ hedge school ’ teachers ( Dowling 1968 ) and provided a significant moral and organizational resource . |
| 4 | I saw a whole border of them in Germany , but they were the only plants without a name tag ! |
| 5 | On the other hand , Fokine insisted that most of Petrushka was danced mime , explaining that the dances performed in the fairground were the only real ones : ‘ These were not my own work as such crowds would have danced like that any way . |
| 6 | A shocked demeanour and a couple of nettle stings to valiant rescuer Beverley were the only legacies . |
| 7 | Legal Case 's connections were the only ones to pay the £30,000 supplementary fee . |
| 8 | He knew that these were the essential ingredients of political and economic stability in Poland and that two of them — political opposition and a free press — were the only real guarantees against Government abuse of power . |
| 9 | They were the only ones with glass windows and metal roofs . |
| 10 | Our four female members were the only women in the audience . |
| 11 | The fleapit at the centre of another Rose script , The Smallest Show on Earth ( 1957 , Big Time Operators in US ) , directed by Ealing 's Basil Dearden , is eventually burnt to the ground by its old commissionaire : ‘ It were the only way were n't it ’ , he says to the cooing couple who inherited the place in a town stinking of glue from the local factory , together with staff so lost in the past that they still enjoy looking at Hepworth 's Comin ’ Thro ’ The Rye . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 13 | Turkey and Italy were the only other NATO countries that would provide sites for Thors . |
| 14 | They were the only people who 'd been in his room except for his Dad last night . |
| 15 | ‘ I came to find you because you were the only person who told me that Liam would n't be in that house . |
| 16 | Before the tin victory brooch , these bottles of liquid strength were the only goods that Dot knew were hers alone , belonging to no grown-up . |
| 17 | We were the only people there . |
| 18 | The Disarmers ' efforts were the only serious attempt made by ordinary citizens to influence policy on this matter of their own life and death . |
| 19 | If you thought that seeds and cuttings were the only way to increase your garden plants then turn to the Gardeners ' Manual for a host of practical ideas to try . |
| 20 | And those , he thought , were the only people in the NSC who were fully in it . |
| 21 | This is rather a trivial example : if teeth were the only problem , senescence could be cured by false teeth . |
| 22 | A few staggering drinks near the centre were the only people about . |
| 23 | Careful study of the map showed him that his house was in neither parish ; it was within the boundary of a parish in which he and a lot of black-face sheep were the only inhabitants . |
| 24 | A penalty goal apiece were the only scores of a scrappy and disjointed first half with neither back division able to escape the attentions of the opposing back rows . |
| 25 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
| 26 | With the growth of the satellite and cable networks , negotiating a television contract these days is a much more complex matter than it was when BBC and ITV were the only bidders . |
| 27 | I think we were the only house in the village which had no damage whatsoever . ’ |
| 28 | In this ambition , she was unquestionably influenced by the attitude of Helen Stocks who believed Tutorial Classes were the only genuinely worthwhile courses of study . |
| 29 | He is little known as a teacher , or as a local preacher , but in fact his first choice of occupation upon leaving school , in Holland , was — to use his own words — ‘ School-mastering and the Church ’ , which occupations he thought were the only professions worthy of consideration . |
| 30 | The tactic used by the Commission for passing the Single European Act was to present it to the member states as if it were the only thing on offer : either take this or leave the Community . |