Example sentences of "we 'd only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 2 | We 'd only seen these in tanks before , and the initial reaction was that they were OK , but … |
| 3 | Hitherto we 'd only seen their faces and spoken with our hands . |
| 4 | When we toured with the Inspiral Carpets — which was good for us to do at that point — we 'd only done 20 gigs as a band , and were n't experienced in the ‘ problems ’ of a support act like monitors being mysteriously unplugged during the performance , and an ever-shrinking stage , but we still did the business ! |
| 5 | We had a 3.15 PM start , and we 'd only played one hole when the end of the world looked as though it had come and we had to shelter in the R&A tent . |
| 6 | They should n't have found a single gun that day — we 'd have buried the lot if we 'd only known in time . ’ |
| 7 | If we 'd only stuck to Perrier … |
| 8 | ‘ What 's an 81 anyway , Paul — I though we 'd only got as far as 7b ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 'd only got as far as having a preliminary psyche dissection on Daine , ’ said Trefusis , ‘ but the Yggdrasil probes suggest he had a similar-although far more pronounced — set of personality deformities . |
| 10 | Erm , we tend to get it it 's just an exercise , but it proved a point that even in twenty minutes we were , we 'd only got through only got through to doing ideals , |
| 11 | Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen |
| 12 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 13 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd only had it a short time but it was very tame and friendly . |
| 15 | No we 'd only had it three or four years when we went to Malton and Pam said then ooh if ever you get rid of this just let me know , it 's just right for me cos she 's only short is n't she ? |
| 16 | and about fifteen of the erm eight , eight , five troop chasing after me , it was like our sister troop yeah , we were , there was three troops in our squadron , eight , eight , five , eight , eight , six and eighty , eighty , seven and then there was three squadrons and a regiments , there was nine troops there , so like , if it , basically it was your troop and nobody else , but then it was your squadron and , and anybody else and then the few times that I , on regiment it was your regiment and nobody else , like , we could touch you cos your our regiment but if you try and touch us , you can get fucking hell , but it nearly always come down to the troops , and the thing is eight , eight , six , only had , the first year that I was there we 'd only had about thirty people , fourth year there had I opposed like fifty , sixty and seventy , second year we were there we had about forty- five opposed to like sixty , seventy , eighty , and the third year there we had about fifty opposed like fucking seventy , eighty and ninety in a , in a troop , so we were always well out numbered and we were by far the most outrageous |