Example sentences of "[pron] only [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Promise me only to stay a week . ’ |
| 2 | I only read a little in the books he gave me , picked up what I could . |
| 3 | That night I only slept a little , dreaming of the red room at Gateshead . |
| 4 | I only died a small death at his words and the way he said them . |
| 5 | I only receive a severe disability allowance and finding two lots of money for dentists care will be difficulty . |
| 6 | In the court were twelve tiny cottages and I only remember a few of the families who were unfortunate enough to live there — the Pragnells , Goodfellows , Wheadons , Dears , Rattues and Dawkins . |
| 7 | I broke my leg in training and I only played a dozen games undefeated , mind you ! |
| 8 | ‘ I only felt a bit off , ’ Forster admitted . |
| 9 | ‘ The advertisements and Briggs spoke of a Jane Eyre , but I only knew a Jane Elliott , ’ said St John . |
| 10 | I lie in the metal box hoping to hear the elephant passing or the lions roaring , but I only hear a distant hyena against the myriad squeaks and screeches of the night . |
| 11 | I only asked a polite question . ’ |
| 12 | And did so , with a smiling , ‘ It makes me very glad I only ate a light lunch today . ’ |
| 13 | However , I only put a few dozen sheets of paper through the machine , and two of them caught on the wire loop , which creased the paper and caused ink smudges where the machine was still printing . |
| 14 | I only spent a tenner all week . |
| 15 | I only got a glimpse of them . |
| 16 | I only got a load of balls . |
| 17 | If I only got a second , I would stay in Oxford . |
| 18 | Well I only got a few responses so the rest of the votes I made up . |
| 19 | I kept an ace but I only got a pair of eights with it which was no good . |
| 20 | I only go a fair way . |
| 21 | ‘ But I told ye I only saw a shadow . ’ |
| 22 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 23 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 24 | ‘ I only had a piss . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 26 | I only had a couple of hours sleep last night . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I only had a couple . |
| 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 . |