Example sentences of "[pron] have only [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 2 | And I 'd only done them ten minutes before |
| 3 | Whatever it was I 'd taken from Sunil 's house — and I 'd only done it as a favour to him , after all — he could n't have said anything to Nassim about it . |
| 4 | I 'd only met her once , so perhaps it was her way of telling me or him or someone else that she was ‘ in the know ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd only met her once before that evening , but I feel we 'll be friends for life . ’ |
| 6 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 7 | well I 'd only paid me first month you see twenty two thirty |
| 8 | I 'd only experienced them through other people and it was something I could n't bear to think about , really , because my mother had died of it and all I could remember was a series of silences and around the silence was terror to me . |
| 9 | I 'd only suggested it to distract her . |
| 10 | I 'd only had it round about ten minutes and I thought |
| 11 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 12 | It had been held every year since I was five , and I had only missed it once , the year I was in Nigeria . |
| 13 | I had only met her once before the film brought us together , but I remember the occasion well . |
| 14 | I had only pretended I did n't know , preferring to see things as I would like them to be , rather than as they were , imprisoning myself in a ramshackle edifice of lies because I could n't bear to knock it down and start again , shivering and alone in a great expanse of sand . |
| 15 | I had only told her , as truthfully as I could , whatever she asked me . |
| 16 | I 've only met him once . ’ |
| 17 | As I say , I 've only met her the once . |
| 18 | I 've only worn it once . |
| 19 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
| 20 | I think so , I think I washed it just before Christmas and I 've only worn it once . |
| 21 | ‘ Promises ’ song was music first ( that 's hard and I 've only done it once since ) and ‘ Sincerely Yours ’ was Rab Handleigh 's ‘ tribute ’ to Barry Manilow which he performed with perfect schmaltz suavity . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I 've only done it a couple of times as you know . |
| 23 | I tell you what I , I enjoy doing as well I mean I 've only done it while I 've , I 've been out er abroad with gang of them , it 's like , you know when everything 's quietened down |
| 24 | I 've only done it once with crisps I had some were soggy and sour and horrible |
| 25 | Really I think I 've only done it twice this term . |
| 26 | It 'll be playing patience I 've only seen him doing " . |
| 27 | I 've only seen him kiss your woman , that was what three and a half months ago . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 29 | I 've only seen her once |
| 30 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |