Example sentences of "[subord] he have only [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Although he had only met her briefly , he did not want to meet any more girls .
2 Although he had only caught a glimpse of her blonde head above the milling crowds on the platform , he had n't even briefly mistaken her for a German or Scandinavian .
3 He knew if he had only played ball , she would have been more than pleased to accommodate him , as she probably thought of it , when his attentions were not engaged elsewhere .
4 ‘ Do n't ever , ’ and Donald took another breath , through his mouth this time , as if he 'd only surfaced for a moment , ‘ do n't EVER eat my beans again . ’
5 So if he 'd only got it recently , it would n't have been found .
6 If he 'd only told them he 'd just had a baby , things might have been different .
7 So I could n't I could n't charge him twenty cos he 'd only charged me he 'd only charged me twenty so I had to sell him back to him for a tenner you know .
8 Oh yeah , what you reckon Joy I did it cos we went to see his sister yesterday , cos he 's only got one sister so we go and see her , see her regular and , she 's not all that good is she in health ?
9 No , cos he 's only got , if , if he had separate books she would .
10 No we 're not , cos he 's only got to get another one yes , yes , bastard , one , two , three , four , five
11 My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky .
12 And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there .
13 Always before he had only had to touch me for me to be ready for the final act which we 'd always denied ourselves ; there was no reason to suppose that would n't happen again .
14 From a three-hour flight , at the outside , when he 'd only flown from London to Helsinki on the last lap ?
15 Mr said he did n't have the heart to tell them how , you might think it 's good value but he did n't when he 'd only paid fifteen pounds fifty a ticket .
16 A lot of these queries , or some of it stems from the fact that we 're also conscious of the fact that we ca n't keep passing things to Gary when he 's only got one person
17 It was held that as he had only paid to avoid seizure of his goods and never voluntarily nor intending to give up his rights to the sums paid nor to close the transactions , he was entitled to recover those payments which were not barred by the Statute of Limitation .
18 They stared at him , for he had only reported for work half an hour earlier .
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