Example sentences of "you [adv] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Even if you only wrote one page . ’
2 You only got one shot — this was live television — and I stood in the wings , rigid with fear , listening to my heart booming .
3 You only got one shot left .
4 I bet you only get one sticker this time .
5 I mean , if your policy renewal date was December , you 're off in November , you only get one payment at the old rate , and the next one 's at the newer rate .
6 Sometimes you only get one invitation to this particular dance , Charity .
7 ‘ Sometimes you only get one invitation to this particular dance , Charity .
8 ‘ Sometimes you only get one invitation to this particular dance , Charity .
9 You only get one life , do n't you ?
10 Our lists contained the names of the family ‘ prigs ’ we knew were professional thieves and burglars ; and of whom I was advised on my arrival in the department by an old detective : ‘ you only get one chance a year to nail these bastards if you are lucky , so when you do , its got to be watertight ’ .
11 It was , after all , my film début , and you only get one chance at that .
12 You only get one chance at it .
13 Maybe you only get one chance at a fish like that — a particular fish anyway — and I blew my chance through not planning what I was going to do after I had hooked him .
14 Because you only get one chance , Thing !
15 You only get one chance and then you die and they do n't let you go round again after you 've got the hang of it !
16 Right , okay , what we 're saying here is that the mum and the dad are normal people , they do n't have any problems , but they have got each of them have got abnormal gene and they 're going to have a family , the first baby that they have gets two normal genes , one from each parent , you only get one gene from each parent , fuses so that makes two genes so the baby has two genes , right , the first baby gets two normal genes , right and that baby is normal , which is very clear right , so here we have written this baby is not P K U affected and is normal and does n't actually carry the gene any more , does that make sense to you ?
17 The NOMAIL option ensures you only receive one copy of each message sent to the list , even though you 're on it twice .
18 Do you ever find that that makes life a bit difficult for you only recommending one company ?
19 A Swordtails will be fine with your selection of fish , although I suggest you only keep one male and three or four females .
20 ‘ I thought you only had one dog , ’ he remarked , ‘ the other one 's invisible . ’
21 You only need one person to say that he or she benefited from the product to lose the case , ’ she said .
22 Along with that , although solicitors have been given limited rights of audience in the courts , seriously complex cases still require specialised counsel and these are in short supply : ‘ You only need one Piper Alpha inquiry and they 'll be tied up for months ’ , he said .
23 At present , there 's no denying that sectional conferences need some guidelines , I mean you only need one experience like last year 's Apex conference to realize that .
24 Yeah , but you only need one slice mate , whereas with a gateau you need three slices .
25 Did you only play one game ?
26 If you only buy one book , let it be this one ; you will be lastingly enriched .
27 If you only buy one book on language , then there is no competition .
28 Yes , you only link one cell to one cell .
29 Did you only order one bottle ? ’
30 Well you only bought one bag , you could n't carry any more without the car .
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