Example sentences of "have only [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it has only survived because Lavenham , as a town , failed . |
| 2 | Since then the number of users has only increased and the market has been penetrated with new drugs . |
| 3 | The government has only insisted that fees and royalties charged to Malaysian affiliates should be ‘ reasonable ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ This has only confirmed that Tony 's show was very popular , ’ said a spokeswoman last night . |
| 5 | But this has only happened since we got the national agreement . |
| 6 | If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ? |
| 7 | He 'd only said that to get him out of Mrs Wright 's house . |
| 8 | I 've only gone since er , erm you know I say Michael 'd be seventeen you know , it must be like twenty years er you know . |
| 9 | what you , your case is as I understand it , I 've only intervened cos I think the question did n't dis perhaps a lack of understanding this by Lord allow me to say so , what you 're saying is that erm , in fact , although not intentionally you 're prepared to accept the format of the brochure in relation to the on going charges was such as could reasonably be said by your newspaper to have mislead prospective purchasers |
| 10 | The besieger had become the besieged , and Matilda had only escaped because of the gallant rearguard action of her half-brother , Robert , Earl of Gloucester , as they fought their way out of their castle before they were starved out . |
| 11 | And then it had only ended after he had decided to go back to his wife . |
| 12 | There had in fact only been one occasion during those last years that Lewis could remember and he was sure Adam had only gone because there had been a promise of some shooting . |
| 13 | This , I thought , rather an excessively sympathetic comment — I had only said that I was very sorry that Roger [ Hinks ] had been transferred . |
| 14 | I had only observed that your father was an able under-butler and addressed him accordingly . |
| 15 | The tours , after all , had only proceeded because the ANC 's ‘ government in waiting ’ had , following the drawing-up of pre-tour agreements , given the go ahead to the New Zealand and Australian Rugby Unions . |
| 16 | Mr Peter Prescott QC told a packed London court that Silvertone had taken a ‘ big risk ’ signing the band in 1988 and that attempts to poach them had only occurred after the label had played its part in engineering their success . |
| 17 | Her mother had tried to force feed her in the past as her doctor had said that Maria had to gain some weight but Maria had only cried and refused to swallow the solid food . |
| 18 | You may be surprised , I know of at least 4 people that have only joined since the article was in TSB . |
| 19 | We have only shown that it is justified if B and C are . |
| 20 | The sentence ‘ We have only shown that A is justified if B and C are ’ could mean , as was pretended above , that we have shown A 's justification to be conditional on that of B and C ; but it could also mean that if B and C are in fact justified , we have shown that A is , i.e. that the success of our demonstration is conditional , not the justification we have demonstrated . |
| 21 | However , in both cases successful programmes have only occurred when other deep-seated conditions in society have been present which are favourable to reductions in the birth-rate or to effective soil conservation . |
| 22 | He 's only gone and confiscated DJ 's entire record collection . |
| 23 | Then he said , ‘ She 's only gone and cut me off , has n't she ? ’ |
| 24 | And that so I spent hours doing it done it for Marie and she 's only gone and swapped with the nurse ! |
| 25 | ‘ He 's only come because the press are here , ’ says the first fat lady . |