Example sentences of "[pron] only [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 No , I never saw lads er , er , the game that seemed most popular with us , I do n't know whether you have , it 's nothing only really hopping across the road .
2 There are several more groups of odd echinoderms in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks — some of them only recently discovered , like the bizarre helicoplacoids , which look like nothing so much as spinning tops ( see p. 84 ) .
3 Certain individuals stand out as more perceptive , sensitive , far-seeing than the rest of us , and we recognize their value judgements as maturer than our own ; but they differ from experts in that we can learn from them only how to evaluate more maturely ourselves .
4 However , it is unlike a prudential or moral imperative in that it tells me only how to prepare for a choice , not how to choose .
5 He 's certainly saying I find a pattern here because he 's using it , as his pattern to understand and I only just said at the beginning what the , makes the Jews Jewish , what gave them their national character and their , their ethnic identity .
6 describe them again Doctor , I I cope with them , I only just take 'em when I 've got to do .
7 ‘ Do n't worry about it , I only just got here myself . ’
8 Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it .
9 Aye , she gave me Amy 's about the day before , I thought I look at it now , so , I only just got it in time .
10 I only just saw it . ’
11 And he and we did n't really I only just saw him fleetingly .
12 ‘ Because I only just made up my mind , ’ replied Rosie .
13 ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this .
14 Well I only just heard it on the news .
15 I only just made it last time . ’
16 I only just took out earthquake insurance . ’
17 I only just let you in , ’ Tammuz reminded hir .
18 I only just let him in .
19 I do iron me pants but I only just show them the iron
20 I only just managed to get it down before bolting from the tent just in time to get rid of the contents of my stomach .
21 I only just managed to get back to our house before collapsing into bed .
22 I only just reached my study before I was again burning and freezing with the violent passions of Hyde .
23 Oh I only just put number seven in there , surely .
24 Yeah but I du n no how much I got in there cos I only just put so much in there so I 'll check it on Monday .
25 Sorry , I only just woke up .
26 Lots of people from the restaurants park down here in the evening , but I only just realized , talking to my wife , that it had actually been there all day as well .
27 I only just realized that .
28 I do n't know if all the pieces are there cos I only just noticed , you know ?
29 I only just noticed . ’
30 I only just remembered to put some clothes on .
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