Example sentences of "and they only [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no board outside proclaiming it to be a guest house , or hotel , so if it was n't , and they only took in private guests , or friends , she could hardly go dumping herself on them just on the recommendation of someone called Annie , could she ? |
| 2 | They did of course no such thing for membership was on a voluntary basis and they only represented the local Councils who had sent them . |
| 3 | Carrie asked them anxiously , and they only said that they had not seen him without saying how ridiculous the question was . |
| 4 | In my day we treated our old heroes right and they only played for 10 bob a week . |
| 5 | They had issued the caution , now they were anxious to get on with the questioning , and they only had six hours from the time of the caution in which to hold her . |
| 6 | His wife , Aunt Ann , was kept heavy with child most of the time , but she lost most of them and they only had the four . |
| 7 | She was late , as she always was , and they only had about an hour and a half to talk before she had to go , and he was nervous and she looked tired though still beautiful in bright red cords , Arran jumper and tattily magnificent fur coat . |
| 8 | If Labour won the morrow and they only had twenty five percent majority it would be a hung parliament . |
| 9 | and they only fetched twenty five |
| 10 | they had bought the house , erm in erm North Uphall , a big mansion like , you know , and er , he had the business in the , he built the business in the stables , there was like the stables so he renovated and got it , it out and renovated and made a business er engineering business , er , oh , hatch , like with the house and they only paid er seventy eight thousand when they bought it and then when they 've sold it they 've got about three hundred and eighty thousand for that and he er , hire , hired now the , you know these units |
| 11 | It nearly killed them to acknowledge my existence and they only spoke in monosyllables when I was present , but the babble of sound which broke out every time I went out and closed the door behind me was enough to make me want to go rushing straight to Miss Malley to beg her to send me back to my friends . |
| 12 | promising life like frantic oracles ; and they only stopped in the morning , promised |
| 13 | and they only stopped in the morning , |
| 14 | It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary . |
| 15 | And they only faltered once to Portadown , who pushed them hard all season . |