Example sentences of "only [conj] [pron] did n't " 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 | Only that she did n't want to go down to the sea again . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No , only that she did n't see much of you … ’ |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | According to Patrick Newell , Trevor Howard agreed to do the film only if he did n't have to work with Brando . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter . |
| 13 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |