Example sentences of "if only i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only I had told you straight away the appointment was a hoax … ’ |
| 2 | If only I had known ! |
| 3 | Oh ma'am if only I had shown myself strong in the face of temptation ! |
| 4 | They will say ‘ I did n't know he was hoarding the tablets ’ or ‘ If only I had listened to what he was saying , maybe he was trying to tell me how he felt , and I was always too busy to listen . ’ |
| 5 | If only I 'd lived 'longside you , |
| 6 | If only I 'd touched your hand , |
| 7 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 8 | If only I 'd gone along with the doctor 's proposals , it would have been over by now — completely and painlessly over , and any feelings of guilt I might have had as a result I would surely have dealt with ages ago . |
| 9 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Pa , if only I 'd made it up with you , ’ she cried . |
| 11 | She had lain awake the night before , thinking , if only I 'd made Dan stay . |
| 12 | ‘ If only I 'd recognized the signs of Bubbleshake contamination when I met him . |
| 13 | If only I 'd stayed — ’ |
| 14 | Very irritating because er if only I 'd approached David earlier as I 'd intended to . |
| 15 | ‘ If only I 'd listened to the old folk telling their stories . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If only I 'd got my clothes for the wedding , ’ she mourned . |
| 17 | ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’ |
| 18 | If only I 'd had one of them , it seems |
| 19 | If only I 'd had more time . |
| 20 | If only I 'd looked earlier on ! |
| 21 | ‘ Oh if only I 'd known ! |
| 22 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 23 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
| 24 | Gee , if only I 'd known that earlier in life . |
| 25 | ‘ If only I 'd known the truth about you , Shiona , there would have been no need for me to keep running away from my feelings for you . |
| 26 | ‘ If only I 'd 'elped you more you might still be 'ere . ’ |
| 27 | And anything will be worthwhile — the loss of Tara , the loss of Fergus — it will have been worthwhile if only I have woken the Enchantment of the Beastline . |