Sentence examples for was merely on from inspiring English sources

When you watched a movie made for theaters on television, it was not television, it was merely "on" television.

Walsh, 71, said he did not know if Bird was merely on leave or gone for good, but added, "At my age, I'm no long-term solution".

Though Mr. Gelb was merely on deck at the time, awaiting Joseph Volpe's departure as general manager, he was thinking ahead.

It claims the paramilitaries are simply an organ of the state, used to fight a dirty war against civilians.The government insists that Mr de la Calle was merely on a humanitarian mission to rescue the kidnapped parliamentarians.

The New York judge's ruling on 19 February was merely on the injunction and the wider civil complaint filed by Kesha against Dr Luke could take months or years to resolve in court.

Soldiers had suspected that she had a bomb in her bag, the military said, but her family said she was merely on her way to school and was carrying only books.

But he has disappeared and is now thought to be hiding in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, although his FNL group says he is merely "on holiday".

Telling the girl, or not, is merely one step on a long and fairly muddy road.

Either way, it strains belief to suggest Mr. Quattrone is merely on a lucky streak.

My own kids were merely on the rambunctious side by comparison, if sometimes more greenly than at other times.

The government was desperate to determine whether Iraqi troops were merely on a maneuver or were poised for invasion.