Example sentences of "i [vb base] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cite only a few . |
| 2 | I have no commercial gallery and I sell only through commissions and the Royal Academy ; moreover having always had a teaching job , I have no real need to sell . |
| 3 | I regret only that the article entitled ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ and published in The Criterion for January 1938 , is not better . |
| 4 | When I refer to ‘ large quantities ’ I mean only that they are large in comparison with the amount of other types of bait one would normally use , i.e. 1lb of tares represents many thousands of particles , whereas 1lb of groundbait is a small amount . |
| 5 | I mean only what anyone would mean by saying that clouds mean ( i.e. are a sign of ) rain or , as in Figure 3 , that bees mean honey . |
| 6 | I mean only that if the problem is in their heads then the solution can be found in the same place . |
| 7 | you see because living here like this and er I mean , I mean only yesterday I heard of an people burst in the door and this old lady on the head and where 's your money and that sort of thing , you know , so it it 's really terrible . |
| 8 | I do n't know I mean er maybe these are minute but whether you should explore them at that moment in time I mean only experience will tell . |
| 9 | I mean only to provide the following answer to the argument from coordination as an argument for conventionalism . |
| 10 | I mean only to endorse a complex , two-stage way of reasoning about the responsibilities of officials and citizens that finds a natural expression in the personification of community and can not be reproduced by a reductive translation into claims about officials and citizens one by one . |
| 11 | I eat only fish at the Mermaid these days — not because I believe in dieting , but because I once suffered an awful chips surfeit that put me off them for life . |
| 12 | But I eat only foods low in fat , I do n't eat between meals and I 've stopped bingeing . |
| 13 | Now I eat only one meal a day |
| 14 | PAMELA : I fear only for my heart . |
| 15 | If I make only one quote from er the sec second reading from the Noble Lord , Lord of Hadleigh what he said was that there that er er er the an any members appointed should be genuinely locally appointed . |
| 16 | I have always liked to read the Golden Age detective stories , if you like , the country house murder mysteries , but I would have to admit that reading those is to some extent desire for stasis , a desire erm for a particularly safe kind of world , where everything works out in the end , because that 's usually what happens , and so these days I tend only to take very small doses of that particular medicine . |
| 17 | To Brian Wilson and other defenders of the union , I say only one thing . |
| 18 | But instead I say only : " The traditional rites were performed . " |
| 19 | I say only this — that perplexed and troubled at my bad success , as was the Tempter , I struck at you through William . |
| 20 | Some hon. Members referred to the issue , but in the time available I say only that we all accept that second homes present a threat in parts of Wales . |
| 21 | I am conscious of the time , so I say only that it will be a sad day if the Government are allowed to change the legislation , not only for the miners and their communities or for those who , directly or indirectly , are involved in or seek employment in the industry , but for the whole of society . |
| 22 | All the commissions , and you only get paid I say only you get paid commission on the first year . |
| 23 | What I say only have to look . |
| 24 | In 1912 he insisted , against opposition from the foreign ministry , that Prince Lichnowsky be appointed to the London embassy , saying " I send only my ambassador to London , who has my confidence , obeys my will , fulfills my orders with my instructions " . |
| 25 | But this is to anticipate the argument ; for the moment I want only to observe that a conception of the self as socially and/or metaphysically constituted produces one idea of transgression , and that of the self as ideally ( if not actually ) unified and autonomous , quite another . |
| 26 | I tell them I want only to talk , but , they — being dedicated professionals — think I am joking . |
| 27 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 28 | I want only children in my kingdom . |
| 29 | I want only one thing : peace for the new generation and progress . |
| 30 | For now I want only to suggest possibilities for further investigation and analysis of representation in British feature films . |