Example sentences of "if only he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prince is given the freedom of the garden if only he does not kiss the fairy . |
| 2 | It would be better , it might even be bearable , if only he knew what had become of James . |
| 3 | If only he knew ! |
| 4 | If only he knew what he was up against . |
| 5 | And he was in awe before the sense that its power was in him , and yet he was nothing ; and yet again , perhaps , if only he knew how , that power might help him … |
| 6 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 7 | If only he knew he had no cause to hate her . |
| 8 | If only he knew that no man could give her what he had — thirteen frantic days of excitement and sensuality that would be with her for the rest of her life . |
| 9 | If only he knew you never break the rules Dudley Do-Right . |
| 10 | If only he believed in her , could n't they together submerge themselves in the waters of Eden and be renewed for all time ? |
| 11 | If only he 'd been able to finish off the plastic swan and the weeping-kid picture there 'd have been some hope for the flat . |
| 12 | If only he 'd finished his new masterpiece before he 'd submitted it to her critical eye . |
| 13 | He fantasized about all the ones he could have had if only he 'd been sure that a gnarled form in holey sweaters would n't join them at 1 a.m . |
| 14 | If only he 'd learned the lesson his father had taught him when he taught him , before it all went wrong . |
| 15 | The right response to Democratic scorn of George Bush 's free-trade line is ‘ if only he 'd had one ’ . |
| 16 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 17 | If only he 'd got caught up in politics , or good works , or become a governor of his old school , he 'd have been taken out of himself more ? |
| 18 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 19 | She would have felt more able to respond if only he 'd exploded in a burst of anger . |
| 20 | ‘ He should have been the best horse I ever had , if only he 'd had decent health ! ’ from owner David Broome , this was quite some testimonial to the abilities of the brilliant grey show-jumper , Phoenix Park . |
| 21 | He would have been happy with that if only he had n't been placed behind Eleanor . |
| 22 | If only he had started to write in a larger script , I might have felt I had succeeded with him , made him a poet . |
| 23 | If only he had not caught nits and been sent home from school , fallen in the beck , lost his shoes , been attacked by Rosie or injured his hand just because he was too cowardly to follow Buddie 's instructions . |
| 24 | If only he had talked to her ! |
| 25 | If only he had called out before the door slammed shut ! |
| 26 | In this way the homosexual writer is granted a dubious measure of liberal pity ( ‘ if only he had n't lived in such a repressive world ’ ) while at the same time the heterosexual critic distances the threatening possibility that a homosexual writer might have a great many insights into the codes , mechanisms and ideologies of heterosexuality itself . |
| 27 | If only he had managed to force down a little more dynercaprol and potassium chloride ! |
| 28 | A true ‘ fuck you ’ and if only he had fought . |
| 29 | If only he had thought of recorking his wine after dégorgement , then the perfectly limpid sparkling wine he had managed to achieve for himself and , no doubt , passed on as a ‘ tip ’ to others , would have been available to everybody . |
| 30 | Hindsight is all very well , but if only he had sent his London package by regular mail … . |