Example sentences of "we [vb base] only have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holding onto the balcony as if we were in rough seas , we shout only to have our words whipped away . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've only had a couple of abusive ones , and a couple of nasty telephone calls . ’ |
| 3 | We 've only had one night when she cried a lot — luckily it was n't the night before a game . ’ |
| 4 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 5 | We 've only had one bit of trouble once , and that was when we first moved on . |
| 6 | Erm we 've only had a a glimpse really of probability . |
| 7 | We 've only had experience of two — that 's where the effect continues to build , continues to escalate , with continuous Darkfall strikes . |
| 8 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
| 9 | Sir we 've only had this for I think for three minutes before the start of the erm of of this erm session , I 'm just wondering if we could have ten minutes to read it ? |
| 10 | We 've only had two reports but we do have another unconfirmed report of a third siting of this man wihtin the last week . |
| 11 | I think we 've only had one for ages and ages . |
| 12 | I mean it says it lasts up to two years , we 've only had it on there a year |
| 13 | So far we 've only had particular doctors using it to run it in , as it were , but in the very near future we hope that all of the doctors in the accident department will be using this system . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , we 've only had twelve cases of salmonella in the last twenty-five years , and this is very unusual , ’ and so on and so forth . |
| 15 | They seem delighted and although so far we have only had telephone contact , I feel sure they will be able to drive their ‘ new ’ acquisition for many years to come . |
| 16 | There are many possible causes of trade cycles and we have only had time to consider some of the major ones in this chapter . |
| 17 | Principal environmental officer , Bernard Cribbs : ‘ We used to get lots complaints about dog packs but this year we have only had about two which shows how effective the scheme has been . ’ |