Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] only [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll only upset her . |
| 2 | I thought I 'll only give her half because I know she 'll get in a mess . |
| 3 | If I have to lose it , I 'll only do it in the ring . |
| 4 | I 'll only do it if I 'm pissed , and if I 'm pissed I 'll probably rant at him about toe-sucking and the skinny bird with the big nose . |
| 5 | Q I 'd really love some oomph in my hair and my hairdresser says I 'll only get it with a perm . |
| 6 | I did n't have to think ‘ Well , if I put that dress on I 'll only get it dirty because the baby will be sick over me ’ — to be dressed up all day and feel you can be clean and only have nice jobs to do and always be with people … |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll only take me ten minutes … |
| 8 | He put out his hand towards her now but did n't touch her , saying , ‘ Do n't faint ; it wo n't help you any because I 'll only revive you with a jug of cold water and make you listen to the finish . |
| 9 | I 'll only cut it up smaller that 's how they like it . |
| 10 | I could only conclude she was now so weak that not just her body , her mind also had come totally under the Monster 's control . |
| 11 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 12 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |
| 13 | I could only see him when they said I could , and they would be stood right next to me , watching me all the time . |
| 14 | If I could only interrogate him , Implexion had thought . |
| 15 | five hundred , five hundred I could only say he was n't , five o'clock last night he was no so he went to the one doctor , so to the erm what 's gon na happen when they when he , when they can go down the doctors that 's first of all go into this and after ten , twenty four hours doing this kind of thing for forty eight hours up . |
| 16 | ‘ I bore you , I could only bore you . ’ |
| 17 | I said that I thought they were wrong ; but that if that was their reason for declining to serve I could only accept it and be sorry . |
| 18 | erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms |
| 19 | There had been long periods when I could only enter you and come in you by secretly pretending to myself that I did not know you , that you were a tart I had picked up in a bar — or on the street corner . |
| 20 | But even playing it is a real worry ; I think I 'd only do it if I had my band playing live , the way I do it now . |
| 21 | This is nearly as demanding as the main route so I 'd only do it if the tops are covered in mist or you are absolutely worn out . |
| 22 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd only send him to Wincanton if a new jockey comes into the equation , and needs to get to know him . ’ |
| 24 | When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 25 | She went on : ‘ I felt I 'd only believe I was pregnant when I could see it . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd only loan him out for someone like you , Travis . |
| 27 | in a trot but er I might just have this and none of them would win , I 've only , I would only praise them guessed up or that way or |
| 28 | Any such investigations as the respondent seeks could easily lead to such a conflict , and I would only support it if compelled to do so by clear authority . |
| 29 | Since I have described this context in detail elsewhere ( Robarchek 1977a , b ; 1986a ) , I will only sketch it here . |
| 30 | I was hoping to get back to council work before Christmas , but I recognise that if I rush , it I will only set me back . |