Example sentences of "i have only [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In my defence , I 'd only recently admitted to myself that I was in love with you . |
| 2 | I 'd only once asked for a transfer and not because of any discontent or fall- out with the club . |
| 3 | To test it 's authenticity I chose a dozen snails in garlic butter to start a dish that I 'd only ever eaten in Paris before . |
| 4 | Meanwhile I was to be foisted on my reluctant Aunt Harriet , whom I had only previously met at family gatherings . |
| 5 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've only just found out myself . ’ |
| 7 | I 've only just read about this old caddie you found murdered . |
| 8 | no , no , I 've only just got onto |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've only just got off the plane , ’ insisted Crawford . |
| 10 | Ah Christ I 've only just got in mama ! |
| 11 | I 've only just started on it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I 've only just thought of it . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't actually say that I view his piano playing as if he 's a miniature mixture of Oscar Peterson , Oscar Borge , Chico Marx , Russ Conway and Les Dawson , because I 've only just thought of that . |
| 14 | So tiny I 've only just thought of it . ’ |
| 15 | I , no I 've only just thought of it , I 'd take it with me if , if we 'd seen it . |
| 16 | I 've only usually got about one pen . |
| 17 | On an associated matter , I have only just written to Mrs Sharp formally requesting permission to borrow the large Slezer view of Edinburgh from the North currently hanging in the Edinburgh Room . |
| 18 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Legion interrupted , sincerity oozing from each of its voices , ‘ but I have only just arrived in this solar system . |
| 19 | Feherty took 40 for the same stretch then declared ‘ I have only just got over influenza and I should not have travelled to Portugal . |
| 20 | I apologise for the delay in replying , but I have only just got to the bottom of my ‘ in tray ’ after months of chasing deadlines ! |
| 21 | However , I would suggest that this score is inflated by " Terra " , a proper name that I have only ever seen in a science fictional context to refer to the planet Earth . |
| 22 | But not this next example , the extent of which I have only recently begun to fully appreciate . |