Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] only want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
| 2 | My dearest love , I chatter about all sorts of odd news , when I really only want to tell you that my real self is in your keeping . |
| 3 | After three nights , he wrote , I again only wanted the thing out of the flat . |
| 4 | Her hands moved to unbutton his shirt , and , that done , she not only wanted to stroke the golden down on his body , but to see that body , to see him . |
| 5 | Pundits decried the successful methods taken by the majority , who not only wanted to live within their means but did so , as old-fashioned and ‘ Victorian ’ , out of step with 1990s climate of opinion . |
| 6 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 7 | While the congregation was only prepared to spend £25,000 ( £825,000 ) they also only wanted 1,650 seats which took some of the pressure off Cubitt . |
| 8 | Dwyer told the players how he wanted to win the two-match series against Scotland and how he not only wanted to reclaim the Bledisloe Cup from the All Blacks but complete Australia 's first ever 3–0 series whitewash . |
| 9 | But he honestly only wanted to defend his title with Williams . |