Example sentences of "you only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cop told Phillis , ‘ Ye only need tae touch him . ’ |
| 2 | Ye only need about three goes of crack and ye 've got yerself an addiction problem . |
| 3 | ‘ You only win things when you do what you think is right . |
| 4 | ‘ I sometimes think you only invite me so that I can pay the bill . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't harm them — the way you once harmed my family when you only meant to harm me ! |
| 6 | Do n't blame me if you only read about Drayton and Taverham classes . |
| 7 | There were things that you knew , and there were things that you only thought you new ; and when something happened to shock you out of your ignorance , then the change in your perceptions could never be reversed . |
| 8 | ‘ You only thought I was . |
| 9 | ‘ And then — this evening , when everyone was so upset … you only thought of her … you went off after her as if she were the only person that mattered to you … |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you only thought it was Dr Kemp , sir ? ’ continued Morse . |
| 11 | When you were in love you only thought of yourself and your love ; Ruth knew that well enough . |
| 12 | You only spread it in a square no bigger than the width of the roller . |
| 13 | Every is going to be female , now does that mean to say , that if no males apply , or if you only advertise for someone female , which I presumably erm , actually going to er run the impossibly do it . |
| 14 | In your application , you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants . |
| 15 | Even if you only spent a quid , a couple of quid that 's two hundred , er it 's |
| 16 | ‘ Did you only bring one ? |
| 17 | Er , I must declare an , an interest because I am a , a court lawyer , but I think that a lot of people say no because of the media pres , presentation , you only hear bad stories , they do n't hear the good , good stories about the attempts to make the courts more efficient and I think that on the whole and with the circumstances that the courts have to deal with they do a very good job . |
| 18 | very much so , yeah , you only hear what they want you to hear |
| 19 | Even if you only wrote one page . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But I thought you only cared about your art , ’ said Lord Henry . |
| 21 | She said in a small voice , ‘ She told me that you only cared for the vines . |
| 22 | Yeah because I mean if there , if you 've got a high instep it still do n't matter because you only widen your laces do n't you ? |
| 23 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 24 | Madden got shifted from that division — you only got shifted if you were in trouble — and he came to the same division as myself . |
| 25 | You only got one shot — this was live television — and I stood in the wings , rigid with fear , listening to my heart booming . |
| 26 | ‘ If you only got an apple for Christmas during the depression ’ , said Mr Perot , ‘ you understood your parents loved you . |
| 27 | If you had joined at Paris , then you received a ticket back there ; if , however , you had joined at Marseilles , then you only got fifteen francs to get you down the line from Aubagne . |
| 28 | Why was it you only got it at places like fairs and the seaside ? |
| 29 | You only got one shot left . |
| 30 | You only got to walk into a room , people like you , and you can talk with anyone , you understand things , but when … |