Example sentences of "[pron] only [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trouble is , I only remember to do it every-so-often , and find my ageing mind has forgotten the details . |
| 2 | ‘ I only cheat to win ! ’ |
| 3 | This is such a diverse field and so open to personal preference that I only intend to say a few words about it . |
| 4 | ‘ I only intend to stay a few minutes . |
| 5 | I only mean to preface this discussion of cultural difference with an awkward question : in the world we have , is it possible for us — any of us — not to have at least some inferior others ? |
| 6 | I go to night schools and force myself to mix , but I only tend to socialise with my present or former care assistants , former Le Court friends and a few other people . |
| 7 | At present I only wish to draw attention to a possible ambiguity in a crucial move . |
| 8 | I only pause to observe at this stage that the decision , although obviously of great importance , was not concerned with the terms upon which interim relief in the form of an interlocutory injunction should be granted . |
| 9 | ‘ I only want to sell me flowers wherever I find meself a customer . ’ |
| 10 | I only want to do daddy 's pyjamas for the hospital |
| 11 | I only want to taste it |
| 12 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I only want to see Vince . |
| 14 | Call me an egotistical slime , but I only want to preserve the purity and integrity of the current alternative , and hope that it wo n't pass through the mass-media grinder into the mainstream , where it will eventually be recalled as one more passive , stupid fashion . |
| 15 | I only want to tackle two things . |
| 16 | I only want to say through the Voice : I am truly grateful to them all , and God bless them all . |
| 17 | Erm I only want to say it is very important that we must do nothing to sort of prejudice the outcome of the consideration of the planning application environment cases sub committee , erm at a later erm stage . |
| 18 | ‘ Rokeya , I only want to talk . |
| 19 | I , I only want to mention about the swimming pool and swimming for pensioners and there ever such a lot of people go swimming . |
| 20 | I only want to pick something up from Union Street , so it 's on the way . ’ |
| 21 | I only want to deal with it in broad terms and that is that compared to earlier E I Ps where West Yorkshire authorities were saying , Do n't take too many people into North Yorkshire , as you 'll undermine our regeneration to paraphrase . |
| 22 | Oh you never know you might win that , I only want to win it cos . |
| 23 | I only want to think you perfect … ’ |
| 24 | I know it 's a terrible time for me to turn up on your doorstep , but I only want to speak to you for a moment . |
| 25 | I only want to speak at this juncture on the element of that which is due to lower mortality as I call it , I E deaths and this is addressed in paragraph five and in the table at the bottom which shows an effect of about two thousand er extra households , due to lower mortality rate assumptions in our projections . |
| 26 | I know you live very quietly , but I would be very quiet — I only want to discuss Dante and Shakespeare and Wordsworth and Coleridge and Goethe and Schiller and Webster and Ford and Sir Thomas Browne et hoc genus omne , not forgetting of course , Christabel LaMotte and the ambitious Fairy Project . |
| 27 | I only want to make clear that the problem is far more complex than it is represented . |
| 28 | ‘ I only want to know who McCloy is , ’ he said mildly . |
| 29 | I only want to know one thing ; I know it should n't be all-important , but deep down it 's the thing I 've thought about most . " |
| 30 | ‘ I only want to know who slashed that picture if you did n't . ’ |