Example sentences of "[coord] you only [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And you only seemed artificial in so far as you disregarded the customary devices of false simplicity . ’ |
2 | First , the increased weight of demands came at a time when the actual problems thrust before government were not only more complex and intractable , but were also more interdependent — solve one ( say , inflation ) and you only caused another ( rising unemployment ) . |
3 | I said , ‘ Of course you had grandfather and you only kissed an' they were there . ’ |
4 | so there 's a lot of scope , by , in other words , if you take a multiple , if you did , if you know four closes and you only use two , you might get away with it |
5 | It was , after all , my film début , and you only get one chance at that . |
6 | Cancer has taught me that life is n't a dress rehearsal , this is it and you only get the one chance . |
7 | All the commissions , and you only get paid I say only you get paid commission on the first year . |
8 | Not more than a thousand and you only reach a limited number of people . |
9 | ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’ |
10 | right , now what you 've got to judge at the end of the day , now lets say for instance that you 've put in six lines six lines , right and you only wanted to use two of them all you 've got a number for is the rental charge is n't it ? |
11 | and you only need a normal phone |
12 | And you only mentioned that briefly , once , at management team meeting and it was included in all the discussions , you know Ray was the first one , you know . |
13 | And you only broke in to show how smart you are , not because you 're so brave . ’ |
14 | However , ‘ nothing ventured — nothing gained ’ , and you only improve at something by doing it . |
15 | To win affection , she discovered , you had to project the sort of image the other person wanted , and you only did that if the image appealed to you and if the other person was worth the effort . |
16 | Now , clearly if you were paid say six hundred pounds for that and you only did twelve hundred miles , you 're getting fifty P a mile anyway ! |
17 | You were supposed to do six and you only did four ! |
18 | As a general rule if the sick person requires a remedy and you only have it available in one potency then that is the correct potency no matter what it is ! |
19 | In Russia , whatever big Boris Yeltsin may be — and you only have to look at him to know more about that than you want to — he is no Gorbachev . |
20 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
21 | And you only have to telephone if you need me . ’ |
22 | Someone comes up to you and you only have to say you 're not interested in drugs ; sooner or later they 'll leave you alone because they 're too busy trying to find a £5 deal to bang up with in the evening . |
23 | ‘ All we can do is put the football right and you only do that on the pitch . |
24 | Course they got away with income tax out of that because they were n't , they were n't much erm to do with income tax that time , I mean my tax at that time of the year was about , at that time was about four pound a year when I was erm , when I was working and you only paid income tax once a year . |
25 | Applying ink to the page filters out certain colours , and you only see those reflected . |
26 | And you only start paying after you , after the third one . |
27 | The operator has the choice of turning down one microphone — if for instance the class is working in groups and you only want to hear one group at a time — or of recording the combined sound of , say , teacher and student microphones on one audio track . |
28 | ‘ But you only saw me the other night ! |
29 | So you would know the output rate , or you think you 'd know the output rates but you only know those output rates if somebody bothered to collect them ! |
30 | But you only get a certain impression watching television — you do n't feel the pressure or the intensity . |