Example sentences of "[vb base] i [vb mod] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bu I mean I 'd only advise those if you have like er you know , children with grubby hands and |
| 2 | Alan what I I do n't know the answer to what you 're proposing I really do n't know the answer and er I mean I can only go on the , my , my experiences and my experiences are I 've never ever consciously or not aware of ever having bought any as a result of |
| 3 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 4 | Since you seem to know whereof you speak I will only say that you must know that the burden of restraint by means of the … mechanism … employed will , of necessity , fall upon the man . |
| 5 | If we stay here I know I 'll only become more maudlin . ’ |
| 6 | Even if it 's true that I would have gone to prison to protect somebody else or make some dubious point about the freedom of the press , I know I 'd only have been doing it to make myself look good . |
| 7 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 8 | I suppose I could only use the word tons . |
| 9 | If I go I will only take you with me and this bed is already warm . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | My family think I should only eat at meal times , and only in small quantities , but I need more than that — my stomach rumbles all the time between meals . |