Example sentences of "he only [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E only talks about everyday fings . |
| 2 | ‘ So far as I can see , he only thinks about snooker , his girlfriend and pop music . |
| 3 | He only goes to the shops and back on it . |
| 4 | This life history , which extends to 311 pages , deals mainly with the writer 's early life in Poland and his travels before coming to America ; in fact he only goes to America 17 pages from the end , at the age of 27 . |
| 5 | In dealing with compositions , it 's like meeting a person ; the person has certain characteristics , maybe he is kind , perhaps there are certain possibilities within him — unexplored potential — but he only functions within certain confinements . |
| 6 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 7 | Old Fishfinger has been flicking through More magazine which , of course , he only reads for the fishkeeping tips , and has discovered the questionnaires that they print . |
| 8 | He only stays with his wife now because of the baby . |
| 9 | It flashed through her , He only kisses in public . |
| 10 | He only lives at Wigston anyway . |
| 11 | I thought about Tom on more than one occasion because Tom for so many years was the voice of the royal wedding and erm this and that state affairs and things , state occasions and he only lives in Murrayfield , I mean |
| 12 | The truth is that he only races as a personal challenge , or for the pure enjoyment of running . |
| 13 | Moreover , he only works on one picture at a time and only by natural daylight . |
| 14 | He does n't look at your feet , he only looks at your teeth . |
| 15 | He only comes to the odd party . |
| 16 | Where Hornblower 's cough is designed to give him time to avoid embarrassment or to get out of a tight corner , Septimus puts on his spectacles , which in fact he only needs for reading , when he needs time to think of a way out of a difficulty or the chance to seem more confident than he really is . |
| 17 | ‘ I know he only means to be friendly and appear relaxed . ’ |
| 18 | He only knows about money , Arts Council grants , stuffy councillors going on about ‘ bums on seats ’ . ’ |
| 19 | Anyway he only knows about greyhounds and worms in sheep . |