Example sentences of "only [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only right I oblige you and address you as you prefer , Nicolo . ’ |
| 2 | If what she had done was a sin then it was only right she should be punished . |
| 3 | She would have to have some money to support it , and it was only right he should pay for the pleasure he 'd had . |
| 4 | " Well , dear , I 'm only sorry it did n't work . |
| 5 | I 'm only sorry it had to be in such circumstances of stress . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm only sorry you were not happy with our service . |
| 7 | ‘ I am only sorry you ever were put to it , and glad out of all measure that you came out of it without worse harm . |
| 8 | I 'm only sorry you have to put up with it too . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm only sorry I did n't come to Israel 20 years ago . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm only sorry I had a prior engagement , otherwise I 'd have been here much earlier . ’ |
| 11 | I know that members and non-members alike have found them useful , and I am only sorry I missed the October one . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm only sorry I had to bring you out in it . ’ |
| 13 | Not sorry he had said it , she noted , only sorry she had heard it ! |
| 14 | Smart was deaf to advice , however , and in his play , which is bursting with wit and humour , ‘ He acts five parts himself and is only sorry he cant do all the rest . |
| 15 | I know actually only Prudential they are leading a campaign round schools I believe erm you know trying to get more teachers interested in A B Cs . |
| 16 | That 's only fifty you see , I thought that was a hundred and fifty . |
| 17 | And she 's only eleven you see . |
| 18 | Er what about your son he 's only eight he |
| 19 | Only that yours is a Panhard and his a Delahaye , the year must be the same . |
| 20 | Only that you know you 're not you 're not familiar talking to the artist . |
| 21 | As I was only 12 it scared me but now I know seeing a land mark just helps find the airstrip . |
| 22 | Well it 's only half it was only half term had was n't it ? |
| 23 | Although it was only half-full it was heavy . |
| 24 | In the example above , Smith would have a laterality coefficient of 0.20 while/ones would have a coefficient of only 0.14 It does not matter whether the score for the left side is larger or smaller than the score on the right since the sign of the coefficient , negative or positive , indicates the direction of any lateral advantage . |
| 25 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 26 | If the difference is only minimal it is so easy to " forget " to pronounce a sound in the way it should be pronounced in the new language . |
| 27 | It 's only natural they should cover their tracks after a setback like that . ’ |
| 28 | It 's only natural she should want to be with kids her own age . ’ |
| 29 | Poor boy , with all that stress , he works so hard , it 's only natural he needs something to keep him going . |
| 30 | The other two are a set , so to speak — a unit — so I suppose it 's only natural I 've always gravitated towards Kit . ’ |