Sentence examples for had merely carried from inspiring English sources

Before, the bank had merely carried out market operations in pursuit of the government's aims.

The officer's lawyer has argued that he had merely fantasized carrying out such acts, engaging in deviant role-playing in Internet chat rooms with no intention of doing any harm.

Insisting that he had "never killed anything, including a chicken," Mr. Visinescu told Romanian television that he had merely been carrying out prison rules dictated by the General Directorate of Penitentiaries.

He was not reported to be carrying weapons or dangerous objects and had merely shown an interest in talking to Mr. Berlusconi.

Those were the last two numbers, and they carried the tantalizing suggestion that everything before them — the album along with the rest of the set — had merely been preparatory.

She had merely misspoken.

In fact it had merely hosted them.

The Communists had merely to wait.

He had merely arrived ahead of schedule.

She had merely betrayed her youth.

Investors had merely expected steeper declines.