Example sentences of "[noun] he have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't understand this exuberant friendliness in a boy he 'd only had a glimpse of twice . |
| 2 | In the first place he had only approached Rufus because Rufus had a car . |
| 3 | But todsay Cranog Jones told the court he 'd only gone into the garage to de-tune her car after they 'd had an argument . |
| 4 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 5 | Though Jaq , in his role as a Trader , pretended to patronize a mistress , the reality was that during his thirty-five years of life he had only bedded one woman — almost on an experimental basis so that he should at least be acquainted with the spasm of sex . |
| 6 | In the past he had only got decent-size rewards for the arrest and conviction of armed robbers and known murderers , not for information leading to a mere interview . |
| 7 | He looked into Gorelli 's face , the face he 'd never seen , the face he 'd only heard , and so many years ago . |