Example sentences of "[pron] only [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 2 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 3 | I only had to hold the end of the string , while my friend went round the circle , so I thought I 'd have a rest , and so … |
| 4 | I trained every one of those dancers at LCDT — hand picked them — I only had to begin a movement and they would finish it . |
| 5 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
| 6 | I only started to make the links when the dampness started to affect my mental health . |
| 7 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 8 | Whether she ever told what she 'd found I never discovered , but for my own part I only wanted to forget the whole frightening incident . |
| 9 | Well if I only wanted to know the crossword and every single one is |
| 10 | I only wanted to get a few comments about Froggy . |
| 11 | The plane loomed drunkenly above them like an abandoned toy , which only seemed to magnify the tragedy and their miraculous escape . |
| 12 | She loved the country life of the estate and could have been entirely happy were it not for Stephen 's habitual absences which only seemed to emphasise the constant presence of his mother . |
| 13 | While working class women increasingly went out to work , usually out of economic necessity , philanthropists and policy makers increasingly urged them to pay more attention to their duties as wives and mothers , which only tended to exacerbate the difficulties they experienced . |
| 14 | I suppose being realistic we could clean the car out in the evening because you only got to have the door open you 've got the interior light on |
| 15 | The Variety Club 's Chief Barker , Marsha Ratcliff , said : ‘ You only had to see the expressions on the competitors ’ faces to see how much they were enjoying themselves . ’ |
| 16 | You only had to compare the opening version of Zobi la Mouche ( lumpy drums and shuddering halts ) with the neatly turned performance eventually wheeled out as an encore , to realise how this is a machine which runs the better for being well-oiled . |
| 17 | You only saw heard a bit of it . |
| 18 | Their ancestors had scorned and derided Vincent and now they were rich from Van Gogh postcards and souvenirs bought by people like Skye , who only came to catch a whisper of his ghost . |
| 19 | Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . |
| 20 | She only managed to hail a taxi after fifteen minutes of running , and when she did she was almost afraid that he would not drive her because of her soaked condition , but , after a stream of highly ominous muttering in French , he finally let her in . |
| 21 | Then she had to imagine switching on the light in that cupboard under the stairs and taking a couple of steps forward so that she was just inside — but with the door open to the hall and with the knowledge that she only had to take a single large step back to be out there again . |
| 22 | She only had to have the usual amount of arms and legs and to be able to see where she was going . |
| 23 | She only had to shake a hand to increase the revenue and bring more publicity to the organization than any amount of money could buy . |
| 24 | In one case the author was involved in , the widow ( after the deed of variation ) was able to convince the CTO that she only considered making the gifts back after a cocktail party she attended and at which the topic of conversation was inheritance tax . |
| 25 | The rain had subsided by the time she was ready to set out , so she only needed to knot a sweater round her shoulders . |
| 26 | Claudine did n't seem to know that this was a cruel dig at Jenna ; she only appeared to note the word ‘ beautiful ’ , and with that her interest faded , her eyes going back to Alain . |
| 27 | We only had to watch the ladies final at Telford at the end of last year to see how bad our tennis has become . |
| 28 | They only served to emphasise the power and toughness which was the man beneath the civilised veneer , and Fran shivered , wishing she had never started this by letting her emotions come to the surface . |
| 29 | They only had to drop a wizened bean over their shoulders for a plant to spurt from the ground and rain pods at them . |
| 30 | Their solicitor told the court they only wanted to frighten the saboteur and they were sorry he 'd been injured . |