Example sentences of "i [modal v] only [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 2 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 3 | I 'll only upset her . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll only leave his aspirin . |
| 5 | I 'll only getting my |
| 6 | I thought I 'll only give her half because I know she 'll get in a mess . |
| 7 | If I have to lose it , I 'll only do it in the ring . |
| 8 | I 'll only do it if I 'm pissed , and if I 'm pissed I 'll probably rant at him about toe-sucking and the skinny bird with the big nose . |
| 9 | Q I 'd really love some oomph in my hair and my hairdresser says I 'll only get it with a perm . |
| 10 | I did n't have to think ‘ Well , if I put that dress on I 'll only get it dirty because the baby will be sick over me ’ — to be dressed up all day and feel you can be clean and only have nice jobs to do and always be with people … |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll only take me ten minutes … |
| 12 | He put out his hand towards her now but did n't touch her , saying , ‘ Do n't faint ; it wo n't help you any because I 'll only revive you with a jug of cold water and make you listen to the finish . |
| 13 | But but I 'll only have one anyway . |
| 14 | I 'll only cut it up smaller that 's how they like it . |
| 15 | I could only conclude she was now so weak that not just her body , her mind also had come totally under the Monster 's control . |
| 16 | I could only make my exit . |
| 17 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , Gabriel , I could only love everyone when I loved you . |
| 19 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 20 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |
| 21 | I could only see him when they said I could , and they would be stood right next to me , watching me all the time . |
| 22 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 23 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 24 | ‘ I could only find one , Master . ’ |
| 25 | I could only find one , so |
| 26 | If I could only interrogate him , Implexion had thought . |
| 27 | five hundred , five hundred I could only say he was n't , five o'clock last night he was no so he went to the one doctor , so to the erm what 's gon na happen when they when he , when they can go down the doctors that 's first of all go into this and after ten , twenty four hours doing this kind of thing for forty eight hours up . |
| 28 | I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked , so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea . |
| 29 | ‘ I bore you , I could only bore you . ’ |
| 30 | I said that I thought they were wrong ; but that if that was their reason for declining to serve I could only accept it and be sorry . |