Example sentences of "[pers pn] only [vb past] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only got four sultanas |
| 2 | ‘ I only said four words — ‘ I am Ken Hunter . ’ |
| 3 | I only had four laps practice so I suppose I did all right finishing sixth . |
| 4 | Well the total is always three sixty all the way round but was this when you had a million pound pocket money or when you only got four pence a week . |
| 5 | But , you said you only wanted four lines ! |
| 6 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 7 | She only had four jackpots in her pocket . |
| 8 | ‘ We only electrofished four miles of the open ended canal and it 's possible the fish could have survived and moved in the 20 mile stretch before the locks . |
| 9 | Whether they only had four flats or whether there 's a flat on another block and another block of fours down the road . |
| 10 | Short was such a brilliant child player that he was paying tax on his winnings at 12 — although schoolwork came less easily and he only managed four O-levels . |
| 11 | He only collected four points in the 1961 championship and decided to leave Cooper at the end of the season to develop hi ow Grand Prix car . |