Example sentences of "he only [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A juror asked what the comforts were , for he only saw a little straw in the corner of the room , the windows of which were broken . |
| 2 | ‘ He only said a few words ’ Maxim said slowly trying to remember . |
| 3 | but they can come and go , I mean the year four they lost two teachers in the last two weeks cos their husbands got other jobs and the contracts were just terminated and , so it 's quite a , a moveable circle of people , er , but just , they have actually sacked one of the lads that came out with us , they wo n't be renewing his contract next year , he only had a two year contract |
| 4 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 5 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 6 | He only had a little bit , but they put him away for three years . |
| 7 | Here at the scene of the crime he only made a preliminary examination . |
| 8 | Second man in is and he was from Sanco Texas er he only flew a few missions with me , in training I 'd had another co-pilot and er I had checked the co-pilot I had when the crew was organized out , so he could go back through and come as er as a Plane Commander with a crew . |
| 9 | He was a scholar at both the King 's School , Canterbury ( 1903–7 ) , and Lincoln College , Oxford ( 1907–11 ) , although he only obtained a second class in modern history ( 1911 ) . |
| 10 | Most humiliating of all when he did intervene on the record he only contributed a further nuance to the policy confusion under way . |
| 11 | Oh he only brings a little bit , I brought loads last time , even though you did n't get a song played |
| 12 | Did he only get a small amount of money ? |