Example sentences of "i [vb mod] only [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll only choose peach , burgundy with a pattern in , okay ? |
| 2 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 3 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 4 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 5 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 6 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 7 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 8 | I can only give evidence and if they do n't believe my evidence , he 's innocent . |
| 9 | I can only pass comment on when I went through my training because it 's all changed . |
| 10 | I can only put money there . |
| 11 | I I said well I suppose it 's I do and he said but you work hard June , I said I know but I said kno I said what I do , I can only have hour out there and an hour inside . |
| 12 | How I do need to look away from self to God , I can only find satisfaction : in him . |