Example sentences of "i only had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only had twenty four hours ' notice and then I sat up all night learning a speech and then dried flat at the audition . |
| 2 | Although this slowed progress down and was , it must be admitted , somewhat disappointing , I only had to remind myself what effort would have been needed if using a mallet . |
| 3 | I only had to shut my eyes and inhale and I was back in Russia . |
| 4 | I only had about two inches of rectum left , and they said cancer was a possibility , so they just took it all out . |
| 5 | ‘ I only had light and dark vision at that stage . |
| 6 | There was not far to go ; I only had to keep my eyes straight ahead and my pace unhurried . |
| 7 | I only had to think about asking her to go to bed when , rather reluctantly , she would go to her box under the kitchen table . |
| 8 | When I told my big brother about the whole thing , he said I was bloody stupid ; I only had myself to blame . |
| 9 | ‘ My part in this was easy compared to his ’ , North tapped out one night to McFarlane , talking about Poindexter 's handling of the pre-Tehran manoeuvrings ; ‘ I only had to deal with our enemies . |
| 10 | I only had the first one to worry about . |
| 11 | Also my ‘ real ’ identity card ( I only had the receipt for it ) is in the Commissioner 's office on the Rue Camp Premier . |
| 12 | ‘ I only had my eighteenth birthday last week . ’ |
| 13 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 14 | For years afterwards I only had to hear it played and in my mind I would be back on the muddy camp site , feeling again the excitement and fun and tragedy which filled the air . |
| 15 | I only had to write DO IT and … |
| 16 | ‘ I only had a piss . ’ |
| 17 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 18 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 19 | ‘ I only had my little Fender Super Reverb , which was basically only a 35 watt amp — undistorted it 's about 25 watts — so I could n't handle it . ’ |
| 20 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 21 | I only had to deal with a couple of vicious assaults over the telephone when the magazine I was writing for decided he was too dodgy to get involved with and , with mind-boggling nerve , he threatened us with legal action for breach of contract . |
| 22 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 23 | I only had scratches . |
| 24 | I suddenly felt an immense relief that I only had one more charter to complete for Cutwater , and that I would then be free of these men . |
| 25 | And I only had one scene with him . |
| 26 | I only had a couple of hours sleep last night . ’ |
| 27 | I was not going back into a situation where I only had myself to talk to . |
| 28 | ‘ I think it made it easier knowing that I only had myself to blame . |
| 29 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 30 | I 'd taken a lot , but at the end of the day I only had a set of photographs that everybody else had — a load of people on a march . |