Example sentences of "'ve only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've only had sex with one person , ’ you say . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only just got in , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're a good twenty years younger , and they 've only known them a year or two . |
| 4 | I 've only eight working years left now and with all my savings gone , I simply ca n't afford to work for nothing . |
| 5 | I 've only known you since first thing this morning and I have n't had time to take everything in . |
| 6 | For us , the traverse to the Fish niche required a linked series of skyhook moves ( which is n't easy when you 've only got one ) . |
| 7 | Do n't shout at me ; it gives a ghost a fright I 've only come to have a little chat I do not think we 've met . |
| 8 | But it is still there : the soaring vague walls and giant secretive curtain washed with colours you 've only dreamt about , the colour of all the things you were never allowed to have as a child , suddenly real and there before you . |
| 9 | Hell , no , we 've only just got here ’ were directed at them . |
| 10 | To do the task requires X amount of pounds , but you 've only got X minus something . |
| 11 | After all , I 've only lost my sight — not my brains . |
| 12 | You 've only got to look around you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've only got to look twice at someone , ’ he said in desperation , ‘ and the next morning I 'm engaged to her . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 've only had a couple of abusive ones , and a couple of nasty telephone calls . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 16 | Nagging ‘ but … you 've got everything now ’ , ‘ please save your life/because you 've only got one ’ … which is why people give up pop music , in the end . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've only a yard and a bit out the front . |
| 18 | I 've only three left . |
| 19 | I 've only just got up — I 'm not feeling too brilliant . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've only just found it myself . ’ |
| 21 | You 're just from the YTS. — You 've only known her a few weeks . |
| 22 | I 've only to let relatives in this afternoon . |
| 23 | ‘ No , we ca n't , we 've only got a cheap day return , have n't we ? ’ he said . |
| 24 | Always remember that you can use tap water on it , if you 've only used drain water it sill certainly have been a bit short these last two summers . |
| 25 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 26 | The Iranian snapped back : ‘ You 've only brought a very small amount of spare parts . ’ |
| 27 | I 've only ever made one record , a Christmas song called ‘ Tonight for Santa Claus ’ . |
| 28 | She 's got her work and I 've got mine and at night we 've only got time to learn our lines before we hit bed . ’ |
| 29 | You 've only got to miss one mark and you 'd be out there till morning . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've only got a no-hoper left , ’ Sam complained . |