Sentence examples for were only allowed from inspiring English sources

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were only allowed

adverb

Without others or anything further; exclusively.

  • My heart is hers, and hers only.

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They were only allowed to return in 1989.

They were only allowed to drill one well.

Detainees were only allowed to make collect calls within the United States.

Women were only allowed to compete in events that were considered suitably decorative, such as archery.

"We were only allowed to work for two hours a day in the holidays," she says.

If I were only allowed two trips to a theatre this year, I'd see it twice".

"We were only allowed to draw up a shortlist, not suggest a winner," he said.

We were only allowed to use ham and tomato - not ham, tomato and cucumber and mustard.

But you were only allowed one for each household, so we tried to give one back.

They had meals together with all the other families and were only allowed one private meeting.

We were only allowed to rest for minutes at a time because it was so cold.

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