Example sentences of "and have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sum was the Bundesliga transfer record as recently as last season and has only risen to £3.3m since Mattheus Sammer left Italy for Borussia Dortmund . |
| 2 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 3 | In total , taking both seasons together , he has had 13 top-10 finishes from 27 starts and has only missed three cuts . |
| 4 | The re-establishment of the Irish language as the first official language of the state became the national policy of the Irish government under de Valera and has only toned down in recent years . |
| 5 | ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since . |
| 6 | The Thurston Upper School pupil is a member of the Stowmarket Kyokushinkai Club and has only taken part in the sport for the past three years , progressing from third to runner-up to national champion at his last championships as a junior . |
| 7 | and has only offered to buy me one beer so far . |
| 8 | And that bodes ill for future stability ; after all , King Hussein of Jordan has bowed to popular pressure during the past six months in opposing war and has only earned Western enmity for his democratic behaviour ! |
| 9 | He has been plagued by injuries and has only started four first team games this season . |
| 10 | I no longer craved sweet things , no longer felt the need to binge and have only cheated twice ( and I mean one chocolate — not the whole box as before ) . |
| 11 | Faced with such demand and having only limited powers and minimal resources the service was quickly forced on the defensive , making invidious distinctions between those who were amenable to ( deserving of ) help and those who were not . |
| 12 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 13 | Among these was young George Jefferies , who explained why he had run out of the shop in fear , and had only contacted the police on the advice of his friends and mother the following day . |
| 14 | Their day , however , had not been that good ; they had put in many hours of searching and had only made two finds of any note . |
| 15 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 16 | He seemed to be having difficulty with the second pint , and had only drunk a third of it when he looked at his watch . |
| 17 | Then , as soon as this treatment had finished , Faye had become unknowingly pregnant , and had only discovered the fact through the onset of a painful and debilitating miscarriage . |
| 18 | I thought that his appearance meant he had really been suffering very much , longing for me to give up my work , and had only refrained from asking me to do so out of respect for my ‘ rights ’ . |
| 19 | I was 300 yards from home in a restaurant and had only used my car anyway because it was pouring with rain . |
| 20 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 21 | Within a mere fifteen minutes , the new rental car with 1500 miles on the clock — and had only had in my possession for under an hour — was a burnt out shell . |
| 22 | Adopting as a mark of defiance the name golani ( " tramps " ) , as Iliescu had disparagingly described them , they claimed that the NSF had " stolen " the revolution and had only won the May 20 general election by deceit and intimidation [ see pp. 37441-42 ] . |
| 23 | Ron Letts , who was 50 , and had only worked as a security guard for two years , was run down outside a wharehouse near Milton Keynes . |
| 24 | Ron Letts , who was 50 , and had only worked as a security guard for two years , was run down outside a wharehouse near Milton Keynes . |
| 25 | Nurse Geeson said she had been a staff nurse on the children 's ward for ten years up to 1991 and had only come across four or five occasions when children suffered heart or respiratory attacks . |
| 26 | The Police Minister Ronni Milo claimed that the police had acted with " great restraint " and had only resorted to live fire when their lives were in " grave danger " . |
| 27 | At Bristol Crown Court Kelly claimed he 'd forgotten the knife was still in his hand and had only meant to punch . |
| 28 | I 've never met Sir Brian or Sir Oliver and have only met Sir Bernard a few times , but I instinctively feel that all six would lay down their lives without hesitation for a damsel in distress . |
| 29 | They have theoretical knowledge and practical experience of language-teaching methods , but they lack knowledge of the methods and materials used to teach their native language as a foreign language in the UK , and have only limited familiarity with British secondary education — the school system , teacher and pupil roles and expectations , curricula , assessment and exams . |
| 30 | Moreover , I think most managers know this intuitively and have only lacked a workable structure and a decent intellectual justification for what they have always known could work , and work well . |