Examples of 'they had only' in a sentence
Meaning of "they had only"
they had only ~ refers to the fact that there were no other options or choices available. It indicates a limited or restricted situation
How to use "they had only" in a sentence
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they had only
Perhaps they had only just been lit.
Defense attorneys complained that they had only.
They had only the broom closet.
They knew they had only to wait.
They had only one thought in mind.
We were informed they had only booked one room.
They had only one thing in common.
In applying satire they had only to observe or to remember.
They had only to watch each other.
Of these they had only ten.
They had only to pull the strings.
Now at that time they had only been promised something.
They had only this colour in my size.
On each occasion they had only a brief time to excavate.
They had only lost their king.
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Outside my own head they had only a virtual existence.
They had only met her today.
This is because they had only a part of the data.
They had only talked about her.
I found it odd that they had only been living there a year.
They had only to cross the narrow.
They both knew that they had only a short time.
But they had only a little size.
Nobody ever told them they had only three chances.
But they had only limited effect.
Their memories are as clear as if they had only just been at the work.
When they had only half of it decoded.
These were very divisive elections as they had only two candidates.
Before they had only known goodness.
The only difference was that they had only one occupant.
But they had only got a point.
We would feel a hell of a lot better if they had only taken one.
Now they had only to build a motor.
The stairs were very steep but they had only fifteen steps.
They had only agreed to save face.
But at that time they had only shown her ten.
They had only given me urine analysis.
But truth to be told they had only one genius among them.
They had only managed to lose time.
If they doubted his word they had only to see how poorly armed.
But they had only seen it superficially.
The blue team managed to do something they had only done once before.
Even they had only been there once.
We were given the impression that they had only just found out.
And they had only themselves to blame.
People could suddenly see partners where before they had only glimpsed adversaries.
If they had only been kinder on the way up.
As far as the first line they had only come across one wounded man.
They had only to make foreign gold.
He therefore suggests that they had only a ceremonial aspect that has been lost.
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Only yesterday he cussed me out something fierce
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