Example sentences of "[pers pn] only [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , apologetically , ‘ It 's ridiculous , but I only remember our meeting once , after Oxford . |
| 2 | Agnes was nodding her head now , and as she did so she was thinking , I only hope your father does n't find him there when he comes back from one of his trips . |
| 3 | My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated . |
| 4 | I only knew my mother and grandmother and life was not easy — we often went hungry . |
| 5 | ‘ I never see him , I only hear his voice . |
| 6 | I am sorry I have been so long in replying but I only got your letter two days ago . |
| 7 | I only saw her sister . |
| 8 | Whilst I was in prison I only saw my daughter twice . |
| 9 | Do you think I only saw his Ba ? |
| 10 | ‘ You do an old man proud , cariad , ’ he said softly , ‘ I only wish your mother was here to see you today , she would have been so happy . ’ |
| 11 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 12 | Mr , hello I 've had a quick word with Mike and he seems to think there 's some correspondence on the file , I 'll have to go and find the file and get back to you , so , er you , I have n't got your , your phone number there I do n't think , er I only had your fax number right , I 'll get back as soon as I can , thank you bye bye . |
| 13 | Actually I 've rather hurried through that objective part of our I only had my time to bring before you one other very important issue and two other pieces of information . |
| 14 | I only need my money now before I go |
| 15 | I only used my cape at home . |
| 16 | You only passed your test five years ago , ten years ago . |
| 17 | You only said your joke , and that was about it . " |
| 18 | I 'm , got you only had your birthday three month ago . |
| 19 | but you only adjusted your hair |
| 20 | She only kept her wedding ring because one of the robbers dropped it on the way out . |
| 21 | Although she has lived in England for 17 years she only married her husband , Qi Can Huang , three years ago . |
| 22 | She only remembered her mother and the grief that the name Lemarchand had brought . |
| 23 | Mam and Da wanted to know everything about Rosie 's life since they saw her last — where had she been , what had she done — but she only shook her head . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you know how you are looking at me ? ’ he asked fiercely , but as she only shook her head he tilted her face and searched frustratedly for her mouth , crushing her against him . |
| 25 | But she only gripped her bag more firmly . |
| 26 | She only remembers her mother when she was already grey-haired , but she still thought of her as beautiful , stately . |
| 27 | She only sees her husband once a year because he works in Outer Mongolia , so I feel my three month 's absence from home is not as bad as it might be . |
| 28 | We only wish our insomnia was due to our street lights being too bright or , at the very least , being in existence rather than concern about our families , friends and neighbours walking through our dark paths and streets . |
| 29 | We only keep your delivery records for a limited time , and if there is too long an interval between the date of despatch and receiving a claim , then we are unable to investigate the problem as thoroughly as we would wish . |
| 30 | We only need our heating on for an hour . |