Example sentences of "that i [vb mod] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 2 | But then I told myself that I would only have been his mistress , in a foreign country , and for a short time , until he grew tired of me . |
| 3 | But I 've decided that I 'll only be in the band as long as I 'm doing other things as well as . |
| 4 | I 've told the teeniest weeniest white lie and said that I will only be staying with you for a week or so . " |
| 5 | You will understand that I can only employ you meantime in the capacity of reader , till all this notoriety has died down . |
| 6 | Is this a sacred thing , that I can only go forward ? |
| 7 | of soap and sweat , that I can only |
| 8 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 9 | And in that I can only speak for the Harrogate District erm but the situation may well apply to other districts . |
| 10 | ‘ I always felt , ’ she said , ‘ that life 's not worth living , that I could only contemplate little bits of it and keep my sanity ; and those bits I selected carefully — the sun on a breakfast-table , girls dressing , flowers … ’ |
| 11 | She told me : ‘ I was really upset to read that an ‘ insider ’ , whoever that might be , had said I was so busy creating an image for myself in the music industry and trying to be a film star that I could only do four episodes of the latest series . |
| 12 | But sheer sensation — the warmth of the sun , the scent of the air , the mundane pleasure of tea and biscuits — simple well-being possessed me so that I could only feel , not think . |
| 13 | I was so tired with the journey and the entertainment that I could only walk and speak with difficulty for the next three days . |
| 14 | My feet were sometimes so painful and swollen that I could only walk with my heels out of my shoes . |
| 15 | The sound was so soft that I could only just hear it . |
| 16 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 17 | She emphasised that I could only share rooms with someone Tata would have considered ‘ acceptable ’ . |
| 18 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 19 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 20 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |