Example sentences of "i only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 2 | I only had twenty four hours ' notice and then I sat up all night learning a speech and then dried flat at the audition . |
| 3 | ‘ I only said … ’ |
| 4 | If I only ever give you one piece of advice in life — which is highly likely on the face of it — it 's stay away from that man . |
| 5 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 6 | I only stopped working frenziedly hour after hour after I met the English boy I 'd just thrown water over moments before . |
| 7 | Although this slowed progress down and was , it must be admitted , somewhat disappointing , I only had to remind myself what effort would have been needed if using a mallet . |
| 8 | ‘ Brendan designed it for hop pellets but I only use whole hops . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She 'll do , I only want her for breeding , ’ the nasty woman said . |
| 10 | His self-deprecating prose — ‘ You may be forgiven for thinking I only like the architecture of the past ’ — is reinforced by videos broadcasting extracts from the television film . |
| 11 | I only had to shut my eyes and inhale and I was back in Russia . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I only had about two inches of rectum left , and they said cancer was a possibility , so they just took it all out . |
| 14 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 15 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 16 | ‘ I considered finding another writer but , as I only wanted a talented writer , I feared such a person would want to change the characters . ’ |
| 17 | I only mean to preface this discussion of cultural difference with an awkward question : in the world we have , is it possible for us — any of us — not to have at least some inferior others ? |
| 18 | In fact , I only became a half decent painter after I got into art college . |
| 19 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |
| 20 | I only wanted to tell you first so you could save yourself this sort of scene in front of them . |
| 21 | After I introduced the hemp earlier the fish seemed to go off the feed so I only introduced it for four or five casts . |
| 22 | I only wish I was shorter . |
| 23 | I only needed minimum pressure to get a close shave . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I only had light and dark vision at that stage . |
| 25 | I only half-expected him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I only want to know who McCloy is , ’ he said mildly . |
| 27 | ‘ I only know that he drove a lorry . ’ |
| 28 | It does n't bear thinking about , but I only hope I shall have learnt something from you in order to carry it on in some way or another . ’ |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I wanted him to produce me , I love his work , but I only wanted him to produce half the album and I wanted to work with other producers . |