Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 2 | My family think I should only eat at meal times , and only in small quantities , but I need more than that — my stomach rumbles all the time between meals . |
| 3 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 4 | If I ran home , I should only have been sent straight back , in even deeper disgrace . |
| 5 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 6 | I should only want to hush it up . |
| 7 | No , I 'd better not be told , because I should only begin counting up all the things I 'd missed , and you 're better off not knowing what you 've missed . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Said I should only be pretending . |
| 9 | You — you have business to attend to — and I should only be in the way . ’ |
| 10 | No no no I should only put the erm the . |
| 11 | And dad goes , I 'm I think I might only just have orange juice ! |
| 12 | I met this bloke in August who said , ‘ I 'll only consider going out with you if you lose three stone ’ . |
| 13 | If we stay here I know I 'll only become more maudlin . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll only be a minute . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Aye well , miss , if I do n't see her the night on the quiet , I 'll only come to the shop the morrow , an' I 'll put it plainly to her da . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll only be 28 then . ’ |
| 17 | But I 've decided that I 'll only be in the band as long as I 'm doing other things as well as . |
| 18 | Q I 'd really love some oomph in my hair and my hairdresser says I 'll only get it with a perm . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll only be a few weeks late . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll only be there for a minute , Constance , to see that things are all right . |
| 21 | He put out his hand towards her now but did n't touch her , saying , ‘ Do n't faint ; it wo n't help you any because I 'll only revive you with a jug of cold water and make you listen to the finish . |
| 22 | But I 'll only be 29 when this contract finishes . ’ |
| 23 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 24 | I 'll only have to pay him a dollar and the cartage , and there 'll be enough to cover the rest of the yard . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll only get married once in my life , ’ she 'd said , inaccurately as it turned out . |
| 26 | Knowing my luck I 'll only be able to afford a weekend break in Bognor Regis , especially as my measly wage has only gone up by fourpence in the last two years . |
| 27 | I did n't have to think ‘ Well , if I put that dress on I 'll only get it dirty because the baby will be sick over me ’ — to be dressed up all day and feel you can be clean and only have nice jobs to do and always be with people … |
| 28 | I 'm up in court next week on a shoplifting charge , but I 'll only get a suspended or something like that . |
| 29 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 30 | I 'll only be ten minutes . |