Example sentences of "[pron] only [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | O' course , I only knew him a few years after he got married . |
2 | I only asked him the other day |
3 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
4 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
5 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
6 | I only gave him that much , I only gave him a tiny drop to take , I said it 's medicinal really like my Brandy Port . |
7 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
8 | Usually I only see them every three months or so . |
9 | ‘ But you only saw me the other night ! |
10 | You knew from the beginning the terms of the thing , and if you tried to make it more serious than that , you only lost him the quicker . |
11 | ‘ You only have them a few years , after all , ’ his mother cried . |
12 | She only left me a little note . |
13 | She only had one a few weeks a go as well . |
14 | We only make it a hundred miles or so before evening falls . |
15 | They reckon the average French woman do n't change their knickers , they only change it every two days or something and all sorts they do n't shave . |
16 | Still , and as they only do it every Good Friday it do n't . |
17 | It only revealed what a warm , decent nature you have . ’ |
18 | meant to be moving onto the tenth and eleventh floor it only takes them a short time to save time on that or , or cut down on your labour as usual . |
19 | It only took us a few seconds to realize the mistake but by then twenty-eight kids and three of the missionaries were either dead or dying . |
20 | No he , he only told me the two things , I wrote them down . |
21 | Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil . |