Example sentences of "[pron] only had one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I only had one ski , and I could n't walk down .
2 I was like one , I was like half way through the tape and I had , I only had one name to go
3 I only had one candidate round
4 And I only had one scene with him .
5 I only had one stillbirth .
6 When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops .
7 ‘ I thought you only had one dog , ’ he remarked , ‘ the other one 's invisible . ’
8 She only had one cow , it was all she could afford , but it provided enough milk to go with the porridge in the morning and the potatoes at other meals .
9 She only had one stick in them days — seven years back , I reckon .
10 That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper .
11 The schoolchildren were split into seven standards or classes but we only had one room and one blackboard .
12 But they only had one goal to show for all that effort , that came on the half an hour from top goal scorer Martin Foyle .
13 The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes .
14 They only had one objective — to save a few bob for the government .
15 They only had one chance , ’ she says .
16 Some graduates stride to the front of the little hall so easily you would not guess they only had one leg .
17 We had undertaken to collect birds and mammals for the Natural History Museum in London and we soon collected several specimens of blue-winged goose near the Sandfords ' farm ; the museum authorities had asked us specially to look out for this bird since they only had one specimen , collected in 1868 during Napier 's Magdala expedition .
18 It only had one wing .
19 The mysterious disguise hid the identity of the figure , but could not conceal that it only had one arm .
20 Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball .
21 Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option .
22 We found Dod 's van in the NCP and I explained to Kim that as he only had one passenger seat , the two of us had better travel in the cold and bare , unheated back along with Dod 's drum kit .
23 He used to try and learn other players ' licks from the radio and this process was hampered by the fact that he only had one pass in which to do so .
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