Example sentences of "[pron] only [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee lead Meryl towards them only to find that she resisted furiously . |
| 2 | I only hope that , once he has calmed the panic among his Home Counties political colleagues , Chris Patten has more of a strategy up his sleeve . |
| 3 | I only hope that the civic authorities have them under better control than they seem to be here . |
| 4 | I only hope that by following this advice other members do not face the ordeal to which Mr Holdsworth was subjected . |
| 5 | I only hope that you will never have to read this letter — not because my life is worth anything to me but because it breaks my heart to think of you alone in a world which I have found to be so harsh and unforgiving . |
| 6 | I only hope that when I am their age I will act a little better . |
| 7 | I only hope that those youngsters who may believe it is cool to take substances like this will take heed of Rachel 's terribly sad case and think again . |
| 8 | I only hope that if my operation leaves me suffering as they did , there will be someone at hand with the strength of character and compassion of Dr Cox to help me. — |
| 9 | ‘ I only hope that the present stupidity whereby parts of urban Colchester are in the same constituency as the yachting resort of Burnham-on-Crouch is finished with , ’ he said . |
| 10 | And I only hope that in the end our roads will become so clogged with all these fume-belching cars and lorries that everyone will give them up and start going by train again . |
| 11 | I only hope that both teams will restrain themselves and will try to avoid carrying on the so-called ‘ feud ’ . |
| 12 | The manual actually fails to mention quite a lot and I only hope that the one I got is a prototype and not what the paying public will receive ! |
| 13 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 14 | I only hope that Delyn will see that as well , ’ said Mr Kennett-Orpwood . |
| 15 | They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO . |
| 16 | I only prayed that he was n't at some place called Ypres where , the paper warned us , casualties were heavy . |
| 17 | I only wish that my father could know that I 'm at last setting up on my own … |
| 18 | ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you . |
| 19 | I only wish that your uncle would hurry up with his consent ; I doubt whether my resolution to behave myself can hold out much longer . ’ |
| 20 | I only wish that the Labour party had the same openness of mind . |
| 21 | I only wish that the House had listened to the present Minister of State , the right hon. Member for Plymouth , Sutton ( Mr. Clark ) 10 years ago when , in March 1981 , in a highly prophetic speech against the views of his Tory colleagues , he said that far from being strong and a threat to the world , the Soviet Union was in the process of retreat and disintegration . |
| 22 | I only wish that someone had opened the exit door before I passed through it . |
| 23 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
| 24 | ‘ I only know that he drove a lorry . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I only know that it 's the green stuff that comes from China . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I only know that there is more that I do not know than that I know , , I answered . |
| 27 | ‘ I only know that they are working together ’ he announced mysteriously before disappearing into the galaxy as the sound of an old Kraftwerk record filled the air . |
| 28 | I only know that it was remarkable that he could react so swiftly and swoop down round the rabbit 's ears . |
| 29 | I only know that she has your love , and that she is a very lucky woman . ’ |
| 30 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |