Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a problem that merited expert advice , and , although she 'd only met the personnel director once before , she 'd liked him . |
| 2 | She went hot all over at the thought , too upset to understand that she had only escaped his hold because he had let her . |
| 3 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 4 | The Judge said that he had stolen Lady Margaret 's ring , and that she had only bought it that day and the ring was a very expensive diamond . |
| 5 | Mme Fournier was still in the car , she called out that she had only come to deliver a message . |
| 6 | Disconcerted , she admitted that she 'd only done this once before , that , in all honesty , I could probably do it equally well on my own . |
| 7 | She did n't bother to tell me that she 'd only got to call you , right ? |
| 8 | It was no good saying in her defence that she 'd only meant to be Cara Kingsdale for an hour , because things had n't worked out that way . |
| 9 | Once she had seen Harry again , she would know if she 'd only imagined that special magic between them . |
| 10 | While Luce wondered if she 'd only imagined that emphasis on the he Michele went on , ‘ I chose this room especially for you . ’ |
| 11 | If she had only tried to make him see … |
| 12 | His wife taught the remaining pupils , three seventeen-year-olds , and , as if she had only postponed death until her duties were done , she died of a heart attack at the end of July , the day after the last girls left . |
| 13 | But she had only checked in a very recent volume . |
| 14 | Maybe she had been too outspoken , but she had only stated the truth . |
| 15 | But she had only gone two steps when Guido spoke again . |
| 16 | If you bought six cans , you got one free , but she 'd only wanted tomato anyway and that was n't part of the offer . |
| 17 | she said Chris oh you 're off the subsidy , she said I 'd got my wages anyway , er because she 'd only collected sixteen hundred and , hundred pounds so that , seven six are forty two , hundred and two pound you see |
| 18 | It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him . |
| 19 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 20 | Even though she had only had time to glimpse the devastation that had been wrought , she knew that it had been a professional job , carried out by men who would leave no trace behind them . |
| 21 | Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round . |