Example sentences of "[pron] have only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I have finally begun , he wrote , I have only to go on and the end will arrive . |
| 2 | Fear that I have only dreamed of moving forward , that when I go in and face it I will see that it is a mistake , not possible , uninteresting . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , Alex , but that is for you to do , I have only to make sure you do it right . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I am certainly going to miss him , I have only really known him for the past seven days , but it seems like years . |
| 6 | Again , I have only rarely heard anything which has interested me . |
| 7 | Edward recalls his earliest years at Wakehurst Road : I have only one clear early glimpse of my father — darting out of the house in his slippers and chasing and catching a big boy who had bullied me . |
| 8 | I have only one thing to say : bullshit . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ But , ’ she had said suddenly , ‘ I have only been ordering a dozen geranium plants . ’ |
| 11 | It 's like bits of a film — I have only fragments , each image a few seconds long . |
| 12 | I have only two boarders , both of whom leave before Christmas , and I am not likely to replace them easily . |
| 13 | I have only dipped into it here and there , but already I know it will displace the Tales of Grimm as my favourite book . |
| 14 | For example , I used to play squash reasonably well , although I have only monocular vision . |
| 15 | Since then , I have only translated for the stage . |
| 16 | She ca n't cook , she does n't especially want to learn to cook , and I have only the sketchiest notion of British cooking . |
| 17 | He greeted cheering members of the Downing Street staff with handshakes and kisses , declaring : ‘ I have only got one thing to say — it 's nice to be back . ’ |
| 18 | He sent up a huge cheer in the hallway as he told the Downing Street staff : ‘ I have only got one thing to say — it 's nice to be back . ’ |
| 19 | I have only one query . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I have only been using LM potencies actively for about nine monthe . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | For I have only to hear an opera discussed , I have only to sit in a theatre , hear the orchestra tuning their instruments — oh , I am quite beside myself at once . |
| 24 | For I have only to hear an opera discussed , I have only to sit in a theatre , hear the orchestra tuning their instruments — oh , I am quite beside myself at once . |
| 25 | ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral . |
| 26 | He remarked , ‘ I have only permitted nature to do what she is always willing to do , if photographers do not stand in her way . ’ |
| 27 | All that I have now , I have only because of that blow which blinded you . |
| 28 | I have only recently completed my open water diver training , so I am still a novice at the sport . |
| 29 | As it is , I have only 1½ inches of line to wrap around a branch or root . |
| 30 | With the best counselling in the world , it is n't possible for a person like me , sometimes feeling guilty at even being alive , firm in my belief that I have only to breathe to be a nuisance , to suddenly switch through 180 degrees and see myself as white or even grey after seeing myself as black for sixty years . |