Example sentences of "he has only [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a glamorous 40-year-old , he has only just left school . |
| 2 | And the fact of George Carey 's criticism of massive pay rises to top bosses , and his sermon on the social responsibilities of wealth creation , is of concern to those bosses and wealth ‘ creators ’ because remarks that would have been unexceptional from other quarters came from the head of the established church — a case of the upstart vicar from Barking not yet fully appreciating the nature of his role within the establishment to which he has only recently secured entry . |
| 3 | He has only ever given me encouragement and support . ’ |
| 4 | Tom adds however that he has only ever seen a maximum of two wolf teeth grown in the upper jaw ; four wolf teeth are extremely rare . |
| 5 | Can it be true that , master of an essentially observational science , he has only ever made one observation in his life ( that is to say down the mines in Lancashire ) ? |
| 6 | Such a person may be believed when he says that he has only once tasted marijuana and did not inhale . |