Examples of 'had been only' in a sentence
Meaning of "had been only"
had been only: Refers to a situation where something existed or occurred exclusively or solely in the past. This phrase is often used to highlight a limited or singular occurrence of an event or state
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had been only
The device had been only iOS compatible.
We would not have gone if it had been only diesel.
This had been only fractions of a second later.
I thought the people had been only here.
Cuba had been only a modest sugar producer.
To him it felt as if it had been only a few days ago.
She had been only three at the time.
Whenever it did go behind it had been only inadvertently.
They had been only some hours.
It introduces doubt where there had been only certainty.
There had been only a junction previously.
They were just lucky there had been only one.
His life had been only triumph.
But we had to prove what up till then had been only theory.
Previously this had been only granted to tribunes.
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It was not clear whether the housing after the earthquakes had been only temporary.
For decades it had been only five years.
There had been only four opportunities for an evolution towards decolonization.
And likewise if the guns had been only toys.
There had been only a few deaths.
The last medical inspection had been only perfunctory.
Once had been only grass and water.
To him it was as if that had been only yesterday.
If it had been only one teen.
Then he was twelve times the man he had been only moments before.
I wish it had been only three steps back.
It initially reported that there had been only one other man.
It had been only a few weeks.
In her whole life there had been only that one man.
There had been only one pediatrician in all of bayview.
Of the vertigo which had been only one who knows.
He had been only nine months in.
Previously these educational institutions had been only connected in a loose sense.
She had been only a little.
The truth of their relationship had been only recently admitted.
There had been only the death penalty and exile as punishment.
The finding confirms interbreeding that had been only hinted at in earlier genetic studies.
He had been only the fifth scientist to receive this prestigious award.
He stressed that there had been only one final regulatory action.
It had been only a couple of minutes when he sent that text to her.
The current fragmented system was hard to understand and had been only partially implemented.
Back then he had been only four or five years old.
It became clear to him that what had happened had been only an accident.
In recent years there had been only three serious extremist groups.
The discretionary power of the lord chancellor to remit fees had been only minimally used.
Until he had been only saved from bankruptcy by the generosity of.
She had long come to realize that their marriage had been only based on bloodlines.
Initially it had been only a supply of any kind of knowledge that exists.
They concluded that the Siren song had been only a superstition.
She had been only too delighted to follow his advice.
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Only yesterday he cussed me out something fierce
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