Example sentences of "[pers pn] only [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only just saw it . ’ |
| 2 | And he and we did n't really I only just saw him fleetingly . |
| 3 | Sadly , I only ever saw my grandmother a couple of times so I never came to know her . |
| 4 | I only ever see highlights of the odd games on Tv in scotland but from that i 've always been impressed with him . |
| 5 | I only only saw it cos it , it 's |
| 6 | Back home you only ever saw one at a time . |
| 7 | If you know someone like that , it 's worth observing and studying his or her use of language , manner , and what his body language says to you , even if it is someone you only ever see on television . |
| 8 | Living first in Switzerland and now in Spain , she only really sees Britain when she is here to work . |
| 9 | During the May to August breeding season , she found that three quarters of perch nests along a 150-metre-long stretch of the stream were parasitised by schools of minnows ; during the same period , she only once saw a minnow laying its eggs away from a perch nest . |
| 10 | His wife Ellen wrote to us with this smashing picture and told us that because Russell works so much she only ever sees him in his overall or a track suit . |
| 11 | It must be pointed out before we go any further that my friends in Harwich had a rather distorted picture of my life in that they only ever saw the best of me . |
| 12 | On the other hand , this point of view has to be balanced against those who protest that they only ever see politicians at election time and that if they do n't even call then they are undeserving of a vote . |
| 13 | She married and he only ever saw her once again , yet declared : ‘ She was really , really , the only being in the world who could have given me peace and rest . ’ |