Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says only got a pink form if you 've got a fixed penalty . |
| 2 | The figures for inequality in income distribution in the countries of the region ( for example , Uruguay , 0.49 ; Brazil , 0.70 ; Chile , 0.50 ) are always higher than those for educational inequality , and dynamic trends suggest that the gap between them tends only to widen . |
| 3 | She has only to consent , to be passive , to welcome him and he will take her home , will welcome her into his kingdom and his kingdom will be her flesh . |
| 4 | So far , she has only managed to sell around 600 tickets for tomorrow 's charity concert by the Royal Marines at the 1000-capacity Liverpool Philharmonic Hall . |
| 5 | I am not going out of my mind , she thought , and if , at the moment , the outside world does not recognise me for what I am , my sister knows she has only to speak a word here and there , to take a decision , and who will listen to me ? |
| 6 | It has meant that she has only had two training sessions in the last month , which is scarcely the preparation necessary to face her hardest opponent in the world . |
| 7 | One would expect there to be at least some degree of microadenoma formation but so far she has only had two areas biopsied . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ she has only come in to die , but I think that had she been removed before , much of her suffering would have been saved . ’ |
| 9 | She needs only to run close to the form which saw her finish second to multiple scorer Kassab over course and distance last month to turn this contest into a procession . |
| 10 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |
| 11 | A stoical metronome , she moves only to brush a hand across her brow from time to time . |
| 12 | She does only like you . |
| 13 | Then he said , ‘ She 's only gone and cut me off , has n't she ? ’ |
| 14 | " Surely she 's only gone to stay with her family . |
| 15 | She 's only gone in there . |
| 16 | And that so I spent hours doing it done it for Marie and she 's only gone and swapped with the nurse ! |
| 17 | She 's only got two suitcases , so she had to leave a lot of stuff behind — like her tailor 's dummy and all the furniture . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's only got the stuff she 's wearing . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Not to worry , she 's only got a short sentence , she 'll be out soon ’ : that 's what people were saying . |
| 20 | ‘ She thought they 'd better have something to drink so she got some sherry , then she was worried because she 's only got those little glasses you know , little tumblers , and she says they 're only for whisky . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah , but she 's only got as much to learn as the girl that girl |
| 22 | She may be invited to be its Chancellor even though she 's only got one O-level . |
| 23 | you know , she 's only got two daughters and one of them , one of them 's a hairdresser . |
| 24 | I suppose she got , no she 's only got the one home , her little baby ai n't she the , well he is n't a baby now . |
| 25 | Well she 's only got two , but she entertains about five others . |
| 26 | and erm , she said oh well you know , were gon na try , and then , and then , I said well what about Elly she said , well she , she , I said swop with Elly , but she 's only got like a two bedroom |
| 27 | She works in the bookshop from time to time cos she 's only got the two has n't she , Robin and Stephan . |
| 28 | And the science paper she 's only got the the kind of practice one , it 's a very basic one . |
| 29 | cos er she said she 's only got one she 'd like another , and |
| 30 | she 's only got three weeks , well , three and a half weeks to go . |