Example sentences of "only he have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he had made his move six years earlier , during the rehearsed reading of Martin Finkelstein 's verse play These Be Wasted Years , Brother ! |
| 2 | Hindsight is all very well , but if only he had sent his London package by regular mail … . |
| 3 | If only he had acceded to that suggestion of hers ! |
| 4 | If only he had pushed his advantage home the night the Dorking brothers gave their party ( ‘ The Night of the Hundred Cans ' , as it was still known in Wimbledon ) . |
| 5 | He too , it seemed in his more envious moments , could easily have become an officer and a gentleman , if only his father had been as wealthy as Dysart 's , if only he had applied himself to his studies at Commonweal , if only … . |
| 6 | If only he had called out before the door slammed shut ! |
| 7 | ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain . |
| 8 | If only he had moved earlier . |
| 9 | If only he had managed to force down a little more dynercaprol and potassium chloride ! |
| 10 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 11 | ‘ If only he had confided in me earlier I might have been able to help . |
| 12 | Oh , if only he had deepened it . |
| 13 | Bathsheba would not have minded being spoken to angrily by Gabriel for her thoughtlessness , if only he had told her he loved her . |
| 14 | She would have liked to have had that sort of relationship with her own father , only he had died , and her uncle had definitely had no affinity with the great outdoors . |
| 15 | If only he had known just how much he had already given . |
| 16 | If only he had known enough , he might have come privately and hoped for a reward ! |
| 17 | If only he had listened to what his friend Dave Forbes had been telling him … |
| 18 | If only he had started to write in a larger script , I might have felt I had succeeded with him , made him a poet . |
| 19 | If only he had thought of recorking his wine after dégorgement , then the perfectly limpid sparkling wine he had managed to achieve for himself and , no doubt , passed on as a ‘ tip ’ to others , would have been available to everybody . |
| 20 | If only he had paid more attention when he had had the chance . |
| 21 | He had to sing properly in Zarewitsch and one was reminded yet again that he could have been a great singer if only he had tried . |
| 22 | A true ‘ fuck you ’ and if only he had fought . |
| 23 | If only he had talked to her ! |
| 24 | If only he had meant it . |
| 25 | If only he had resisted , had ignored the dog , turned and gone home ! |
| 26 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 27 | If only he 'd finished his new masterpiece before he 'd submitted it to her critical eye . |
| 28 | If only he 'd got caught up in politics , or good works , or become a governor of his old school , he 'd have been taken out of himself more ? |
| 29 | She would have felt more able to respond if only he 'd exploded in a burst of anger . |
| 30 | The right response to Democratic scorn of George Bush 's free-trade line is ‘ if only he 'd had one ’ . |