Example sentences of "and my only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I need your help , Nick , because my only son is dying and my only daughter is following his example , and I need a strong man who will save them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just a very ordinary man , and my only chance was being the first to ask to marry her . |
| 3 | I was sixteen without a care in the world and my only thoughts at that time were on how soon I could get hold of my own barrow . |
| 4 | The 59-year-old , who has been on a hectic 10,000-mile round trip to Buenos Aires , said : ‘ I 've only just woken up and my only plans now are to go to bed . ’ |
| 5 | I think I am in a kinder mood now , and my only worry is that dullness and thickness of brain which I think I have often mentioned before . |
| 6 | I am 61 years of age and my only link with computers was a brief but satisfying fling with a Sinclair ZX81 some ten or eleven years ago ; it was , though , a 16K so I was upmarket ! |
| 7 | Yet the Finale , taken at a rather leisurely speed , has tremendous swagger , and my only complaint is an occasional element of heaviness which is at odds with Schumann 's more playful writing . |
| 8 | Losing them was bitter , and my only reward is that now I can afford the one thing which with all my wealth and power I 've never been able to permit myself until this moment . |
| 9 | They can blunt the Leeds machine and my only reservation is Andy Goram 's lack of inches . |
| 10 | People drifted in and out , not acknowledging one 's presence , and my only meeting with Joan 's mother was when she rushed past me with a vague smile and a tennis racquet . |
| 11 | That , and my only tape , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , reminding me of where I 've been and where I 've come from . |