Example sentences of "i 've only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've only had sex with one person , ’ you say . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only just got in , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I 've only eight working years left now and with all my savings gone , I simply ca n't afford to work for nothing . |
| 4 | I 've only known you since first thing this morning and I have n't had time to take everything in . |
| 5 | Do n't shout at me ; it gives a ghost a fright I 've only come to have a little chat I do not think we 've met . |
| 6 | After all , I 've only lost my sight — not my brains . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've only got to look twice at someone , ’ he said in desperation , ‘ and the next morning I 'm engaged to her . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 9 | I 've only three left . |
| 10 | I 've only just got up — I 'm not feeling too brilliant . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've only just found it myself . ’ |
| 12 | I 've only to let relatives in this afternoon . |
| 13 | I 've only ever made one record , a Christmas song called ‘ Tonight for Santa Claus ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've only got a no-hoper left , ’ Sam complained . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've only just been elected , dammit , ’ barks one . |
| 16 | I 've only got a Seven-and-a-half . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've only got a second hand on my watch . |
| 18 | I 've only to close my eyes and relax a bit to imagine myself back in Africa — except that the indefinable Eastern smell is missing . ’ |
| 19 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't mind , ’ he mumbled unconvincingly , ‘ I 've only got two weeks ' vacation . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I 've only got one thing to say to you , ’ says Joe , as I wave him and the other day-trippers off : ‘ Lucky bastard ! ’ |
| 22 | I 've only done one domestic story in 3 years ; all my work has been international , political . |
| 23 | Maud Bailey went on : ‘ I 've checked my card index — I 'm working on a full-length study of Melusina I 've only found one reference to Ash . |
| 24 | After two years of going to Kenya I 've only just realised what it is you 're supposed to do — walk ! |
| 25 | I 've only taken David shopping once . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've only you . |
| 27 | I 've only got two songs , and an encore — just in case . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
| 29 | I 've only given a hint of what you 'll get as a Hilton Club member . |
| 30 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |