He merely went forward and helped him to his feet.
And like cars, they didn't have to go merely between those two places.
His current condition would be all too short if he merely went to bed.
"But you might go back merely to die with her."
He said nothing, merely went into his kitchen and began to make coffee.
As if he were merely going through the motions while thinking of something else.
Of course they weren't merely going to shoot it down.
If any of them had, they merely went back to their conversations.
He had merely gone the way of all the men who learned navigation before him.
"No, they were merely going to use him as a figure- head."