Example sentences of "she had only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though no amount of apologising was going to excuse the fact that she had deliberately misled them , even given that she had only misled them from the best of motives — so that they should not worry . |
| 2 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 3 | She had only wanted to know without seeming to criticize . |
| 4 | She 'd never liked them much ; in fact she had only kept them up so long because Mary Connon long ago , almost on her first visit to the house , had been openly patronizing about them . |
| 5 | She had only seen him when she had climbed the wooden steps up to the promenade : he was out of sight of the kiosk , waiting across the road , almost hidden in the dark cave of an amusement arcade . |
| 6 | She had only seen one corpse in union blue . |
| 7 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 8 | She had only done what was expected of her . |
| 9 | Of course , she had only nipped out to do a spot of shopping in London 's Covent Garden . |
| 10 | ‘ Have n't you lost loads of weight ! ’ they would say , though in fact she had only lost 6 pounds . |
| 11 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 12 | All the women exclaimed at the sight of the red , pink and white azaleas massed on the steps , but each thought privately that only she could appreciate the true beauty and significance of the flowers — Sophia feeling that here was the essence of the Italy she knew and loved , Penelope experiencing a lift of the heart as if the flowers held a promise of future romantic adventures , Ianthe knowing as she looked at the flower what she had only suspected before — that she was in love with John . |
| 13 | But she had only gone two steps when Guido spoke again . |
| 14 | Besides , she had only pretended to take an overdose . |
| 15 | Maybe she had been too outspoken , but she had only stated the truth . |
| 16 | But she had only checked in a very recent volume . |
| 17 | She went hot all over at the thought , too upset to understand that she had only escaped his hold because he had let her . |
| 18 | She had only met them once and they had seemed a friendly and most devoted couple . |
| 19 | She was alone , at night , in a deserted unfamiliar area , with a stranger whom she had only met 5 minutes before . |
| 20 | They took her to a small , perfect restaurant , where she had never been before , and fed her on soup and fish and meat and cheese , all of a quality and in quantities she had only dreamed of during the war . |
| 21 | She had only told Glyn about it on the way here . |
| 22 | He introduced a sense of subtlety and freedom into her drawings where previously she had only mimicked the technique applied to etching or engraving . |
| 23 | No , in all her novels , she had only used four sentences from life , deliberately lifting them , that is . |
| 24 | When the girl made no move , she realised that instead of putting the poor creature at her ease , she had only succeeded in heightening her anxiety . |
| 25 | She had only meant to defend herself , but it had come out all wrong . |
| 26 | His wife taught the remaining pupils , three seventeen-year-olds , and , as if she had only postponed death until her duties were done , she died of a heart attack at the end of July , the day after the last girls left . |
| 27 | And to her horror she could see that in her haste to come and speak to him she had only buttoned the bottom two buttons , and the way she was sitting , crouching forward slightly , one smooth , firm breast was entirely exposed . |
| 28 | She had only passed her driving test after her marriage and this was the first time that she had driven unaccompanied by night . |
| 29 | The short answer to that is I think that she had not forfeited her right to be maintained by her husband by being in desertion : she had only suspended her right and not destroyed it . |
| 30 | The luxury she had only glimpsed so far was all a far cry from the fading Victorian splendour of St Margaret 's with its peeling paintwork and under-staffed , overworked departments . |