Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] only [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I cared only to escape from a life that was irksome and narrow , ’ said Taliesin , drinking his wine and reclining in the chair rather negligently . |
| 2 | Mrs Ellerton said : ‘ I 'd only flicked through the book and that one mistake jumped off the page at me . |
| 3 | I did n't want him thinking I 'd only fired in self-defence . |
| 4 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd only gone to that debate because my wife was a steward . ’ |
| 6 | at party yeah I was in the toilet yeah and this bloke comes in and goes oh and I 'd only got like a hit 's worth left |
| 7 | I was excited to use it since I had only painted onto a stretched canvas once before , and I stretched it eagerly and tightly . |
| 8 | During that journey I had only travelled among the Adoimara , and at Bilen they had given me alarming accounts of the ferocity of the Asaimara in Bahdu . |
| 9 | It was a world beyond my wildest dreams ; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato . |
| 10 | It was also a revelation to see the wildlife — birds and animals which I had only seen in Zoos were free for me to enjoy . |
| 11 | It might have been transported from the South of France , one of those lush semi-palaces I had only seen in photos . |
| 12 | Nearly every farmer had a barrel of the stuff in his cow house in those days and I had only to go into the corner and turn the tap . |
| 13 | Besides my mother 's whispered asides with their garnish of guilt , I had only brushed with two cancer sufferers in my life . |
| 14 | Left message with reception that I had only dealt with three calls — no more time to deal with any others . |
| 15 | ‘ You once said if there was anything you could do to help me I had only to come to you and ask . |
| 16 | I think I did see him die , with the look of utter peace I had only read of previously . |
| 17 | ‘ I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma . |
| 18 | I could have got annoyed that I had n't been left on my own , but I had to admit that by myself I had only succeeded in getting sucked into my own sub-persona . |
| 19 | I had only to look at her , and I knew she was glad . |
| 20 | I had only to look at the farmer 's face to know that the cow was worse . |
| 21 | But I said there was a lot lower than you got only passes in your grade . |
| 22 | True , she 'd only glanced through them , had n't read them properly , because to do so had seemed like prying ; but they 'd seemed innocuous enough , just letters from a young girl . |
| 23 | It was no good saying in her defence that she 'd only meant to be Cara Kingsdale for an hour , because things had n't worked out that way . |
| 24 | It could n't be Dr Kent ; she hardly knew him , she 'd only spoken to him three times , and then briefly . |
| 25 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 26 | In the past , she had only come across the ‘ strong , silent men ’ who fitted her old script . |
| 27 | But she had only checked in a very recent volume . |
| 28 | She had only to hide at one of these places and wait , and they would all come along sooner or later . |
| 29 | They took her to a small , perfect restaurant , where she had never been before , and fed her on soup and fish and meat and cheese , all of a quality and in quantities she had only dreamed of during the war . |
| 30 | When the girl made no move , she realised that instead of putting the poor creature at her ease , she had only succeeded in heightening her anxiety . |