Example sentences of "and [pers pn] only [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I only went out with Jerry to make him jealous . ’ |
| 2 | Oh yes , yes it did yes er I do n't know whether it made us get more idle or what but erm the hours we used to work and erm I , I never had a sitting-down job I was standing all the while , and I only went if we could sort the keys out you know , we were lucky if we could sort them out to put the keys ready for packing you see , everybody wanted that job . |
| 3 | and then previously I worked at neighbourhood office , and I only came to when it had be d been declared a clearance area , |
| 4 | I had a lovely spacious bedroom and bathroom with every comfort and I only wished I was spending more than one night here . |
| 5 | Hundreds of people were there and I only saw the Queen at the beginning when she came out with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother and stood at the head of the terrace whilst a band played the National Anthem . |
| 6 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 7 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 8 | And I only had one scene with him . |
| 9 | After that we became disinterested in each other and I only had three weeks to the deadline , a last-minute decision to make , but I suppose I 'm one of the lucky ones because my parents were behind me all the way . |
| 10 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |
| 11 | I borrowed fifty P off her the oth , I was going up the school , and I only had four fifty for the I needed fifty P but I did n't have enough change like . |
| 12 | what would you like from the catalogue sort of thing and I only had this catalogue to Cos I pa you know I paid for it what di did they have ? |
| 13 | Cos I wanted three hands and I only had two . |
| 14 | And I only had a bit though , with rice and some bread and some |
| 15 | I was in a chain , and I only managed to complete last week . |
| 16 | We had twenty spellings yesterday and I only got five right . |
| 17 | And I only said to Joe yesterday |
| 18 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 19 | Oh it would n't be me cos I 'm , I 'm doing it this year and I only thought of it too late |
| 20 | It did n't take long and I only spotted one word with more than one syllable . ’ |
| 21 | They nicked whole street , and I only read it last night . |
| 22 | We , we actually lived in th the corner shop is right on the corner if you 've come up High street on the bus and your Co-op would be on that corner , your church and your Co-op 's on the corner , and just turns there and I only lived just down that street , so we never had to have it delivered because we just popped up er and my brother and I , I can so remember us going with our two big bags you know and we , you know how you do when families meet you know and he 'll say that 's the time , because dad , we never knew dad hit us and yet you 'd of thought he was , we , we were so scared it must have been his voice you know , that he erm that we was so scared that everything was all correct from the Co- op . |
| 23 | ‘ I never waited so long to play a match and I only played three games . |
| 24 | I broke my leg in training and I only played a dozen games undefeated , mind you ! |
| 25 | What he did not tell me — and I only learnt during the course of the journey — was that we were adding about a thousand miles to our route . |
| 26 | ‘ Her father is my husband 's first cousin and I only found out who she was when her year was half over , ’ she says . |
| 27 | And I only found this out when I went in and talked to the station manager , and he looked very confused . |
| 28 | ‘ And I only found out this morning from Dr Greene what a … a … | ’ she could n't think of a suitable word and said finally , ‘ … celebrated painter you are . ’ |
| 29 | But first , but when we first came here I spent three hours on a Sunday morning , and I only did that area where you play football . |
| 30 | People have been scrambling up Cust 's Gully for over 100 years , and in dry conditions it should pose no problems — although it is not particularly attractive and I only included it because it was such a traditional route . |