Example sentences of "only [that] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or is it only that I do n't understand why as a consequence of being a mere male ? ’ |
| 2 | What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience . |
| 3 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 4 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 5 | Not for a moment am I suggesting that these figures , always in billions , are not important ; only that I , an innumerate , can not make head or tail of them . |
| 6 | This does n't mean that I have slopped believing , but only that I believe in my own way . |
| 7 | W. Hewer and myself towards Westminster ; and there he carried me to Nott 's , the famous bookbinder , that bound for my Lord Chancellor 's library : and there I did take occasion for curiosity to bespeak a book to be bound , only that I might have one of his binding . |
| 8 | When you struck me last night I — I felt only that I wanted you . |
| 9 | ‘ as if nothing that I 'd ever done mattered , only that I was here , part of the earth , at one with it , as they say . |
| 10 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 11 | And there is no point denying that I suffer from Denial , because this means only that I am guilty of Deep Denial . |
| 12 | It 's only that I can not stand possessiveness , it diminishes people . ’ |
| 13 | I would add only that I find myself quite unable to see how referring to the reports of Parliamentary debates in order to determine the meaning of the words which Parliament has employed could possibly be construed as ‘ questioning ’ or ‘ impeaching ’ the freedom of speech or debate or proceedings in Parliament or as otherwise infringing the provisions of article 9 of the Bill of Rights . |
| 14 | ‘ It is only that I have never been proposed to so abruptly , so boldly before . ’ |
| 15 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 16 | It was for Papa 's sake only that I ate again . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only that I think , maybe , that it 's more the vice of America — no , not vice , I do n't think , but difficulty — to be moralistic in politics . |
| 18 | I did n't know where I was , only that I wanted to leave . |
| 19 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 20 | Only that I can not tell if the echoes are from the past or the future , or some other world altogether . |
| 21 | Look , this copy you phoned in ; when you say , 1 know only that I have a deeply satisfying face which shines with a radiance beyond the brightness of this world … ’ — should that be ‘ faith ’ ? |
| 22 | I said almost nothing in the letter ; only that I 'd thought about her once or twice , that I had discovered what ‘ the waiting-room ’ meant ; and that she was to write back only if she really wanted to , I 'd quite understand if she did n't . |
| 23 | But I had no notion of time — or of my mother 's needs I felt only that I was being abandoned . |
| 24 | ‘ Only that I ought to ask some of my old friends , people like Madeleine Corley , if I could be allowed to join them , but … |
| 25 | ‘ Only that I thought I might move house in a couple of years . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 27 | ‘ Only that I 've seen them before . ’ |
| 28 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 29 | ‘ Only that I 'll be eating lunch in about an hour 's time , ’ he said . |
| 30 | She does n't care who I marry , only that I 'm in love . |