Example sentences of "i [verb] only [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean only to endorse a complex , two-stage way of reasoning about the responsibilities of officials and citizens that finds a natural expression in the personification of community and can not be reproduced by a reductive translation into claims about officials and citizens one by one . |
| 2 | No it were Monday when in here cos I was oh I were , Gavin were wanting some toast with jam on and I 'd only got a little bit like that , I says oh you 'll have to wait while your Aunty Margaret brings some more tomorrow . |
| 3 | I says only got a pink form if you 've got a fixed penalty . |
| 4 | Afterwards McWilliams said : ‘ Before today I had only ridden a 250 machine round Kirkistown and I found the grand prix bike a hot handful . ’ |
| 5 | Afterwards McWilliams said : ‘ Before today I had only ridden a 250 machine round Kirkistown and I found the grand prix bike a hot handful . ’ |
| 6 | I thanked him , he saluted , and the two of them walked on My guard said that I was crazy ; I could have run into terrible trouble , but I had been lucky and now I had only to choose a beautiful new bicycle . |
| 7 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 8 | ‘ It had been a quiet day and I had only caught a few small dace and then my rod thumped round . |
| 9 | I have n't written in it , I 've only written a little |
| 10 | I 've only got a five |
| 11 | I mean , I 've only got a five pound note . |
| 12 | I 've only got a thousand Sainsburys to do and we 'll be all done by |
| 13 | ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've only got a no-hoper left , ’ Sam complained . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've only got a second hand on my watch . |
| 16 | No wonder I 've only got a four ! |
| 17 | I 've only got a two-person pod . ’ |
| 18 | I 've only got a few books on differentiating . |
| 19 | Oh it 's water we can drink , I 've only got a coloured |
| 20 | I 'm afraid I 've only got a little red one ! |
| 21 | So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket . |
| 22 | No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth . |
| 23 | I 've only got a Seven-and-a-half . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've only got a poste-restante address myself , ’ said Flavia . |
| 25 | Oh I 've only had a few . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Well I have only got a few courts , |