Example sentences of "i have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 2 | I have only written the truth in my letter to them . |
| 3 | Days ago Carla , 24 , said : ‘ I have only met Mick Jagger once and that was in New York two years ago . ’ |
| 4 | I have only met her this morning . ’ |
| 5 | I have only met him twice . |
| 6 | And of all the people I met , I have only kept in touch with one or two from Binbrook . |
| 7 | Like most birdwatchers , I have only seen them in pictures -invariably in supremely elegant poses , their long , thin beaks delicately probing the water for weeds . |
| 8 | I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall . |
| 9 | ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral . |
| 10 | I have observed that this species can breed at sizes of little more than 1″ , but I have only seen this happen where a larger adult in my colony has died and been replaced by a young fish . |
| 11 | I have only seen two rats , and they were both outside the house and both dead . |
| 12 | I have only seen one such case in my 10 years in general practice … |
| 13 | ‘ These include four species of cobra but I have only seen a cobra twice , ’ he said . |
| 14 | So far I have discussed the different criminologies of the previous two centuries with little reference to the problem of the concept of ‘ crime ’ itself : Worse , I have sometimes used ‘ crime ’ and ‘ deviance ’ interchangeably — though I hope I have only done this where the argument has happened to apply equally to both . |
| 15 | ‘ I have only done what lay within my power to better her lot . |
| 16 | ‘ I have only done two films in Hollywood and part of another . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know because I have only played with Rush , ’ said Dalglish . |
| 18 | So far I have only referred to gardens , perhaps even inferring gardens of a reasonable size . |
| 19 | They say I have only flirted with a temporary vice and its vice-keeper and , having survived them both , I am still me and I am no junkie . |
| 20 | I know it , and I have only kissed you once . ’ |
| 21 | I have only selected a few examples of deducing modes of life from these fossils with two valves ; the examples could be multiplied many times . |
| 22 | So far I have only said what heritability is . |
| 23 | I do n't know how reliable the post is here , as I have only received one postcard from you here — it was posted on 16 March , and was awaiting us on arrival . |
| 24 | I have only sketched the explanation of the rainbow here , but what is offered should suffice to illustrate the general form of the reasoning involving . |
| 25 | My diesel shortly is a terrible smoker , I have only had this vehicle for three months ( 1985 vintage ) but have covered about 3000 miles and tried all of the adjustments to reduce its habit , The clock reads 30,000 miles and the distributor pump is adjusted to its maximum in an attempt to reduce the smoke , but I can not stop it . |
| 26 | Jack Russells are difficult animals to teach to retrieve — I have only had one that would do it properly — but they can be taught to work nets , drive rabbits into nets and to be thoroughly disciplined in all they do . |
| 27 | I have only had one passion in my life : truth . |
| 28 | I have only had the machine for six weeks now , but try to spend at least one hour every day with it . |
| 29 | My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious . |
| 30 | I have only had three or four games . |