Example sentences of "i only [verb] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only hope that the civic authorities have them under better control than they seem to be here . |
| 2 | ‘ I only hope that the present stupidity whereby parts of urban Colchester are in the same constituency as the yachting resort of Burnham-on-Crouch is finished with , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The manual actually fails to mention quite a lot and I only hope that the one I got is a prototype and not what the paying public will receive ! |
| 4 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 5 | I only wish that the Labour party had the same openness of mind . |
| 6 | I only wish that the House had listened to the present Minister of State , the right hon. Member for Plymouth , Sutton ( Mr. Clark ) 10 years ago when , in March 1981 , in a highly prophetic speech against the views of his Tory colleagues , he said that far from being strong and a threat to the world , the Soviet Union was in the process of retreat and disintegration . |
| 7 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
| 8 | ‘ I only know that the Meeting Notice was sent out according to a list drawn up by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I only meant that the coincidence is amazing . ’ |
| 10 | I only pray that the vision which he grasped so clearly for the local church might be taught clearly and then caught by the whole Church of England . |