Example sentences of "[conj] he have only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first scene , where he has only marginally greater status than McKendrick ( his university is more prestigious ) , but where McKendrick is a stranger to him , he does not risk threatening McKendrick 's negative face ( the term used by Brown and Levinson ( 1978 ) for the individual 's desire not to have one 's freedom impinged upon by others ) by encroaching on his conversational space through interrupting . |
| 2 | Either that , or he had only yesterday decided to bow to fashion and grow a beard . |
| 3 | Ten minutes later , he was standing as a customer in another shop , the kind of shop that he 'd only previously ever visited in a raid . |
| 4 | There was a momentary hesitation before he explained that he 'd only just got to the room , he 'd felt too disturbed by the shamanistic experience to sleep and had sat in the hospitality suite reading . |
| 5 | He 'd been so disinterested in her progress during six years of primary school that he 'd only ever visited the school once . |
| 6 | MR MAJOR said last night that he had only just begun the tasks he had set himself . |
| 7 | But even as he at last turned and , more like a conjurer than ever , whipped the cloth from the object on the table , which turned out to be a saucepan containing water scooped from the shattered font , the first heavy drops began to drum on the altar table ; and while the Padre was saying : " Hope Mary Ellen , I baptize thee In the name of the Father and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost , Amen , " the Collector , forgetting that he had only just renounced an interest in the vain pomp and glory of the world , thought crossly : " That wo n't do the Louis XVI table any good at all . " |
| 8 | Dr Tydeman said that he had only once seen a patient suffering from the condition and he found it particularly frightening and disturbing . |
| 9 | Jon pointed out the clearly visible " honey guides " on the plants ' petals , and explained that he had only recently discovered that they could be pollinated by butterflies . |
| 10 | Pursuing this theory , we attributed to him some great and unhappy love , and then surmised that he had only ever confessed it to Madame , perhaps in the days of his terrible drunkenness . |
| 11 | Such a person may be believed when he says that he has only once tasted marijuana and did not inhale . |
| 12 | Tom adds however that he has only ever seen a maximum of two wolf teeth grown in the upper jaw ; four wolf teeth are extremely rare . |
| 13 | He was run off his legs the last time and he had only just been paid for the quarter . ’ |
| 14 | Lizzy had adored her father and he had only ever let her down . |
| 15 | At the cinema , under cover of darkness , he put his arm around her tentatively , but was always ready for rejection , and he had only twice kissed her . |
| 16 | He felt as if he had only just remembered , after a long time , why he valued her . |
| 17 | Lucenzo looked up as if he 'd only just realised she 'd slipped away , and seemed taken aback when he saw her . |
| 18 | Even though objectively , he had all the strength on his side , and if he 'd only stubbornly insisted , the allies would have had to accept the fourteen points , because there was no way that they just did n't have any erm , any clout really when when finally settled in peace . |
| 19 | Ee ee he should n't be able to buy them cos he 's only just gone down ! |
| 20 | He left Grace and Peggy behind with the intention of travelling for a while in Europe , but he had only just landed in South Africa when Grace realized that she was going to have another child . |
| 21 | But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’ |
| 22 | So my father did n't know what to do , because he 'd only just started on his own , so he was tight for money as well was n't he . |
| 23 | Nathan was at the foot , for he had only lately been promoted to take part in all of the firm 's business , having proved himself well able . |