Example sentences of "only you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only you 'd read for once or play cards . |
| 2 | If only you would let yourself go ! |
| 3 | Your GP is an expert in health care — but only you will know exactly what and how you feel . |
| 4 | Oh , good child , she teased herself , if only you 'd done this at school and art college , you 'd have got a first . |
| 5 | ‘ Only you would n't look at me . ’ |
| 6 | When I offer you champagne you laugh in a way that only you have , like a stream all at once a delighted cascade into this deep swirling pool of warm humour . |
| 7 | Well , I kinda knew you 'd say that , but had forgotten the unique thrill of the way only you can say things . |
| 8 | ‘ Only you need to be something more lean and long-legged , my dear . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm thinking of the sort of attitude that suggests the unemployed do too little to help themselves , that if only you have determination and drive you can get on in the world . ’ |
| 10 | The king wrote to his bride-to-be : ‘ I promise to take you as my only lover , banishing from my mind and heart all others and serving only you . ’ |
| 11 | Others swore they tasted fine , if only you could find an army of friends to devour them with . |
| 12 | ‘ If only you could sing opera . ’ |
| 13 | The only thing I would add is that you need to find out what you are good at ; you need to find out what it is you can contribute which other people ca n't and that is something which only you can find out for yourself . |
| 14 | You and Osman , you and the Fry , though you have told me of your perfect freedom and exchange of ideas etc. were never freer than Edward and I. Sometimes I wonder that I can speak to him as I do , never before having known a boy , and having only you at times to ‘ let out , on . |
| 15 | Only you can answer that . |
| 16 | ‘ I could have resolved it for you , ’ he said , ‘ if only you 'd come to see me earlier . |
| 17 | The very essence that is only you . |
| 18 | — Only you were too thick to see it . |
| 19 | Only you never knew I 'd taken 'em round to Mr Bishop 's brother . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Only you 're on the wrong bus , ’ he continued , ‘ you want the 800 Dalesbus — you 'll have to pick it up at Ilkley . ’ |
| 21 | Protectiveness towards the grave may also induce the feeling that it is a place for only you to visit . |
| 22 | You depend only on yourself — no matter who 's with you in training , it 's only you in the ring . |
| 23 | Deep down in those subconscious depths was the suggestion that you could make people believe anything you wanted them to believe , if only you knew how to pronounce the magic formula that brought the genie from the bottle . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's something only you can decide . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd assume the trapsetter had been a guest at Sam Yaeger 's boatyard party , ’ I said , ‘ only you warned me never to assume . ’ |
| 26 | Only you 're far more attractive than she ever was . ’ |
| 27 | You could make them see it so clearly if only you 'd try . ’ |
| 28 | Only you can ease the pain for her . ’ |
| 29 | I woke up having 5 minute contractions and thought I 'd lost ‘ my water ’ on the loo , without really being sure ( if only you could have a trial run — but then you might not go through with it if you did ! ) |
| 30 | He promises to love only you . |