Example sentences of "only [conj] [pers pn] did not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I 'm not saying Wilko should drop these players ( actually I am about to say that but only for Hodge ! ) only that they did n't *sound* to play well ! ! |
| 2 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
| 3 | Only that she did n't want to go down to the sea again . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No , only that she did n't see much of you … ’ |
| 5 | If scio was not thought adequate at classical law , the reason can be only that it did not make sufficiently clear that the testator intended a trustee to be legally obliged to make property over to a beneficiary . |
| 6 | Only if they did not show their faces , only if they kept their heads low and lived in obscure corners , could they hope to pass at least in physical safety through life . |
| 7 | Perhaps only if you did not have power : Beaton from St Andrews came to Arbroath in 1524 : the Abbey contributed to the lifestyle and wellbeing of his mistress , a fecund Miss Ogilvy , and their seven bastards . |
| 8 | read each item without hearing it first , and have the language helper say the word correctly after you have said it only if you did n't say it right |
| 9 | produce ( read ) the items across the columns , first one by one if necessary , and have the language helper repeat after you only if you did n't say them right |
| 10 | mimic each word down list A , and then down list B. Instruct the LH to repeat the word again after you only if you did n't pronounce it correctly |
| 11 | According to Patrick Newell , Trevor Howard agreed to do the film only if he did n't have to work with Brando . |
| 12 | Yet the numbers of women choosing not to marry receded in times of rising real wages , and the same conditions lowered the average age at marriage Hence , it is wise to remember that many women remained unmarried only because they did not have the means to start a new household with a husband . |
| 13 | Dorothy , Birmingham West Midlands region , supporting composite thirty two , speaking without the support of my region , but only because we did n't get around to discussing it , but we will , we will . |
| 14 | During the next fortnight , she divided her attentions equally between him and Dunbar , but , she whispered to Harry one evening in the back of the Bentley , she would much prefer to be with him and she was being nice to Pogo only because she did n't want to hurt his feelings . |
| 15 | It was n't only because she did n't want to trail damage amongst those who 'd helped her ; partly it was that calculating element in her mind again , that perpetual level of awareness that was tuned to seek out and recognise any opportunity that she could take to keep her in the game and moving . |
| 16 | Quickly in and out of the sitting-room she slid three hundred pounds from out of her sleeping-bag , not wanting Philip to know how much was there — but only because she did not want anyone to know . |
| 17 | No. 28 was noticeable only because it did not have net curtains , just long , dark purple ones which were almost drawn across the front room window . |
| 18 | If I had admitted to being cold , I should also have had to admit that I was hungry , and this was something I was incapable of doing — if only because I did n't believe it to be true . |
| 19 | If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter . |
| 20 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |