Example sentences of "[conj] have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as though the creature had never existed ; or had only existed in Mungo 's imagination . |
| 2 | The employment profile of this group parallels that of the known sector but emphasises the fact that most had never worked or had only had a ‘ work experience ’ employment rather than lost their job because of heroin use . |
| 3 | In the pellets or scats of many of the predators the teeth are either not broken at all or have only suffered minor damage , and these are for the most part the same species for which little damage to the jaws is evident . |
| 4 | Baby sea-lions have been born at Belfast before but have always been born dead or have only survived a few hours . |
| 5 | One only has to look at who they were playing — a team that has only won one of their first 9 games and now have only 7 points from their first 10 . |
| 6 | Actual demographic trends also contributed to the outward movement , as the rearing of the 1960s baby boom children increased the demand for houses with gardens and as falling average household size reduced the population capacity of cities that had only limited sites available for new housing construction ( Champion , 1987b ) . |
| 7 | The demographic trends outlined earlier in this chapter also played a part , as the rearing of the 1960s baby-boom children increased the demand for houses with gardens and as falling average household size reduced the population capacity of cities that had only limited sites available for new housing construction . |
| 8 | I saw an E Sierra in the paper for about three thousand that had only done forty thousand er , an estate . |
| 9 | You may be surprised , I know of at least 4 people that have only joined since the article was in TSB . |
| 10 | The North might well observe too that it would rather be free of national economic policies that have only succeeded , over so many post-war years and through several alternating governments , in bringing the country to a level of GNP per head visibly falling behind all our respectable rivals — and some newcomers till recently beneath notice . |
| 11 | That sum was the Bundesliga transfer record as recently as last season and has only risen to £3.3m since Mattheus Sammer left Italy for Borussia Dortmund . |
| 12 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 13 | In total , taking both seasons together , he has had 13 top-10 finishes from 27 starts and has only missed three cuts . |
| 14 | The re-establishment of the Irish language as the first official language of the state became the national policy of the Irish government under de Valera and has only toned down in recent years . |
| 15 | ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since . |
| 16 | The Thurston Upper School pupil is a member of the Stowmarket Kyokushinkai Club and has only taken part in the sport for the past three years , progressing from third to runner-up to national champion at his last championships as a junior . |
| 17 | and has only offered to buy me one beer so far . |
| 18 | And that bodes ill for future stability ; after all , King Hussein of Jordan has bowed to popular pressure during the past six months in opposing war and has only earned Western enmity for his democratic behaviour ! |
| 19 | He has been plagued by injuries and has only started four first team games this season . |
| 20 | I no longer craved sweet things , no longer felt the need to binge and have only cheated twice ( and I mean one chocolate — not the whole box as before ) . |
| 21 | Faced with such demand and having only limited powers and minimal resources the service was quickly forced on the defensive , making invidious distinctions between those who were amenable to ( deserving of ) help and those who were not . |
| 22 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 23 | Among these was young George Jefferies , who explained why he had run out of the shop in fear , and had only contacted the police on the advice of his friends and mother the following day . |
| 24 | Their day , however , had not been that good ; they had put in many hours of searching and had only made two finds of any note . |
| 25 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 26 | He seemed to be having difficulty with the second pint , and had only drunk a third of it when he looked at his watch . |
| 27 | Then , as soon as this treatment had finished , Faye had become unknowingly pregnant , and had only discovered the fact through the onset of a painful and debilitating miscarriage . |
| 28 | I thought that his appearance meant he had really been suffering very much , longing for me to give up my work , and had only refrained from asking me to do so out of respect for my ‘ rights ’ . |
| 29 | I was 300 yards from home in a restaurant and had only used my car anyway because it was pouring with rain . |
| 30 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |