Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] only [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd only gone to that debate because my wife was a steward . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You once said if there was anything you could do to help me I had only to come to you and ask . |
| 4 | The teamwork was superfluous , because the pilot was dead before the second burst hit him , his plane was on fire before the third burst cut it apart , and the fourth simply knocked sideways a wreck which had only to fall to the ground . |
| 5 | The new government pledged itself to deal with a range of serious environmental problems affecting the country , the extent of many of which had only come to light after the collapse of communist rule . |
| 6 | It was no good saying in her defence that she 'd only meant to be Cara Kingsdale for an hour , because things had n't worked out that way . |
| 7 | It could n't be Dr Kent ; she hardly knew him , she 'd only spoken to him three times , and then briefly . |
| 8 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 9 | If we 'd only stuck to Perrier … |
| 10 | Indeed , one had only to go to Rhodesia to see the ample supply of consumer goods in the shops from every part of the world to realise that sanctions were nothing but an empty farce , and that the claim that they were going to bring Mr Ian Smith to his knees was a total fraud . |
| 11 | They varied only according to whether the approach was from the right or left . |
| 12 | They appreciated only answers to their own questions . |
| 13 | The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available : |
| 14 | He 'd only got to be told by Charlie that he 'd be leaving the High Street by the bridge and walking along the local river . ’ |
| 15 | And er he 'd only got to sort of look at you and er that was it . |
| 16 | Erm it would be for the the policy itself to define the criteria such that it did only refer to exceptional circumstances and the occasional one or two cases . |
| 17 | He had only gone to Karlovy Vary to deliver a package — and look at the time , nearly four o'clock ! |
| 18 | He said he had only repeated to the salesmen what Mr Runciman had said , that it was not a vintage year . |
| 19 | Surprisingly , perhaps , he had only risen to the rank of major but , nevertheless , this status had afforded him a certain standard of living , being waited on by subordinates , an agreeable social life and plenty of opportunity , whenever the fancy took him , of indulging in affairs with the opposite sex . |
| 20 | If the truth were known , he had only acceded to her wishes because it took him away from her , allowing him access to libraries , bookshops and students of all races and creeds — many of them Irish . |
| 21 | He had only changed to the Beretta after joining UNACO . |
| 22 | So far he had only spoken to minor figures of the tragedy which befell Alexander III at Kinghorn . |
| 23 | She almost groaned aloud at her ignorance in over-reacting in such a childish way to what , obviously , he had only meant to be an amusing conversational gambit . |