Example sentences of "[pron] only [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gnostic teacher , Cerinthus , was active in Asia Minor at the time when John wrote , and he taught that the heavenly Christ came upon the human Jesus only at his baptism , and left him before his passion : the union between them only seemed to be real -actually it was merely temporary . |
| 2 | The best time to visit is in stormy conditions when the birds are on the wing , but the day we went was calm and we saw them only sitting on their nests . |
| 3 | You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children |
| 4 | This basic categorical imperative bids me only act on such a maxim as I can will should become a universal law to which all rational agents conform their behaviour . |
| 5 | Ignorant me only knows of a Paris ‘ Conservatoire ’ , but I presume there must be such an august institution nearer to hand ( and foot ) . |
| 6 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 7 | What he did not tell me — and I only learnt during the course of the journey — was that we were adding about a thousand miles to our route . |
| 8 | I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated . |
| 9 | I only speak from observation ; yours may be different , I grant . |
| 10 | I only hope to God she 's not in too much pain . |
| 11 | I only hope to God one of them is . ’ |
| 12 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 13 | Sebastiana : I only suffer from overwork nervos . |
| 14 | Du n no yet , I really do n't know , erm well I only popped in Sundays , I 've been going to spend the week , er the other half and me ended up in Littlehampton and Arronale for the day . |
| 15 | well I only lived in London for about six months . |
| 16 | ‘ In Nigeria I only knew of Guinness as the stout and Harp lager so I have been surprised by the diversity of the company , ’ reflects . |
| 17 | ‘ This is a place where I only come with Ken , ’ she said . |
| 18 | You know , this is how it was first and I only come across that but , how it went , they felt I was genuine I suppose and they could trust me and they left it as it was and I had me own building . |
| 19 | When I was , shall we say , inducted into the SS , the deal was that I only operated against the Russians . |
| 20 | ‘ There I only cared about the money and all the other teachers were the same . |
| 21 | I only change into a fighter in the last ten minutes before I get into the ring . ’ |
| 22 | I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that . |
| 23 | ( Well , I only got to page 8 … ) . |
| 24 | I only got into a couple of fights . |
| 25 | What lessons , anything arithmetic , mental arithmetic , dictation which I was bad at , my school report was about fair , fair , fair , poor , poor , poor , that 's what mine was , I only got about one excellent . |
| 26 | I only got inside the front door cos it 's Tuesday night her night in the kitchen , so I went back home and he did n't half swear at me , he said you bloody well go again you want your head tested , I could have cried I thought oh well cos I did n't feel like rushing around |
| 27 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 28 | I only looked at . |
| 29 | mind you with cottage , I 've painted big cottage on the stage and , I only looked at it on me bike as I went through Salver |
| 30 | I only go for older women . ’ |