Example sentences of "only he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I gave it to him , only he came past on his bike . |
| 2 | Only he gets it free . ’ |
| 3 | The same feeling of brooding menace wells up on his version of Presley 's ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ , only he decides to leave any anger on hold and transforms the rock ‘ n ’ roll classic into a haunting ballad that sounds as though it came from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe rather than that of Axton , Durden and Presley . |
| 4 | Only he left out — as Agnes had instructed — any mention of CCOAC and St Louis . |
| 5 | Only he left the Ministry some time ago to go into politics . ’ |
| 6 | Only he know how parents complaining about their children upset her . |
| 7 | The prince is given the freedom of the garden if only he does not kiss the fairy . |
| 8 | ‘ Only he does n't at all believe in God . ’ |
| 9 | on crime reminds me that Bob told me only he does n't , he does n't know how much Bridget knows , so we must n't say anything to her , but he said that there is some possibility that she may get erm , I think April time she may be made what 's called Court Officer |
| 10 | Or perhaps no one can understand anyone : each blackbird believes that he has put into his whistle a meaning fundamental for him , but only he understands it ; the other gives him a reply that had no connection with what he said ; it is a dialogue between the deaf , a conversation without head or tail . |
| 11 | Only he ran out of time . |
| 12 | He would have been happy with that if only he had n't been placed behind Eleanor . |
| 13 | If only he had started to write in a larger script , I might have felt I had succeeded with him , made him a poet . |
| 14 | If only he had not caught nits and been sent home from school , fallen in the beck , lost his shoes , been attacked by Rosie or injured his hand just because he was too cowardly to follow Buddie 's instructions . |
| 15 | Only he had never minded about Kathleen , the youngest of them . |
| 16 | If only he had talked to her ! |
| 17 | If only he had called out before the door slammed shut ! |
| 18 | The fact that the Queen was pro-German would have been particularly hurtful to the Emperor personally , for only he had not succumbed to the general enthusiasm for a war he had never wanted and for which he feared the country was ill-prepared . |
| 19 | In this way the homosexual writer is granted a dubious measure of liberal pity ( ‘ if only he had n't lived in such a repressive world ’ ) while at the same time the heterosexual critic distances the threatening possibility that a homosexual writer might have a great many insights into the codes , mechanisms and ideologies of heterosexuality itself . |
| 20 | If only he had managed to force down a little more dynercaprol and potassium chloride ! |
| 21 | A true ‘ fuck you ’ and if only he had fought . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Hindsight is all very well , but if only he had sent his London package by regular mail … . |
| 24 | ‘ If only he had confided in me earlier I might have been able to help . |
| 25 | Only he had the inside story . |
| 26 | If only he had some security , if only his art supplies were replenished . |
| 27 | If only he had resisted , had ignored the dog , turned and gone home ! |
| 28 | If only he had acceded to that suggestion of hers ! |
| 29 | If only he had a proper job now , he thought , there was no reason why they should n't marry . |
| 30 | If only he had ! |