Sentence examples for we only managed from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'we only managed' is a valid and usable phrase in written English
For example: Although we had been trying for hours, we only managed to fix the problem when we took a break and looked at it with fresh eyes.

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"We only managed recently to hold a joint event".

Unfortunately luck wasn't on our side and we only managed to find the net once.

"With the casualties we took, we only managed to get five done," he said.

I am also very worried the stress of this all could bring on an early labour — we only managed to conceive the second time due to IVF treatment.

It's very heartbreaking, there is a certain enthusiasm but we only managed to bring in four trucks so far that we have offloaded.

The snow was melting fast, and we only managed two full days before there was more grass than slidey white stuff.

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Still, we only manage to get round to a fraction of the carts, missing out the likes of the Cultured Caveman with its paleo-diet offerings or "sweetgeist" merchant Sugar Cube, with its transgressive take on cakes: the "Amy Winehouse" is topped with icing sugar "coke", its chocolate caramel cupcakes are penetrated by salted potato chips.

However, going beyond the mere definition of the averaged system seems very difficult and we only manage to get explicit results for simple systems where the fast activity dynamics is linear.

Despite all their work, Moeller told me, "We only manage to save around 50percentt of the turtle eggs each season.

When the weight isn't coming off, we didn't get that promotion, we haven't finished the book and so haven't even approached publishers yet, we have only managed to go to Pilates one day a week, and the animal shelter doesn't need us on the one day we happen to be free, we feel like failures.

"I think there's been 20 players we've tried to bring in to the club since the end of last season and we've only managed to do two or three".

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