Example sentences of "i have only [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah see I 've only got like erm two quid on me and I need to get home tomorrow and and I wo n't have anywhere to stay cos Dan and Honey are n't going and I 'd rather stick with them and Emma and Nick and just go back to erm Nick 's house |
| 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 | Besides my mother 's whispered asides with their garnish of guilt , I had only brushed with two cancer sufferers in my life . |
| 13 | Left message with reception that I had only dealt with three calls — no more time to deal with any others . |
| 14 | I think I did see him die , with the look of utter peace I had only read of previously . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Grandma was really slagging her off were n't she Maureen Lipman , oh god , yeah , oh I do n't like her , she has too many programmes , I 've only seen about one |
| 18 | Spurs ’ defender Neil Ruddock never played with Gazza but has lined up against him and he said : ‘ I 've only played against him once and I could n't get near him . |
| 19 | So I 've only written about the women who were important in my life — my mother , my daughters and my two wives — and I write about them deeply . |
| 20 | I 've only heard of it at the fashion college . |
| 21 | I 've only run into her once when she was coming back from nights off . |
| 22 | I 've ever , I 've only slept with him once . |
| 23 | Our cabin is marvellous , and on top of that , I 'm going to see places I 've only dreamed about until now . ’ |
| 24 | I 've only come across this with perception . |
| 25 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 26 | h he 's got a , he 's coming down from Edinburgh and he wants to call in and see me about something and I do n't know what because I 've only spoken to his secretary . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've only got to the end of the year but my family will be carrying on where I left off . |
| 28 | I 've only got to bloody si , I 've only got about the same . |
| 29 | I 've only got ta take that 's all . |
| 30 | I 've only got ta mention , yeah I 've got ta got to mention bed I 'm going to bed now . |