Example sentences of "[pers pn] only [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only died a small death at his words and the way he said them . |
| 2 | I only receive a severe disability allowance and finding two lots of money for dentists care will be difficulty . |
| 3 | In the court were twelve tiny cottages and I only remember a few of the families who were unfortunate enough to live there — the Pragnells , Goodfellows , Wheadons , Dears , Rattues and Dawkins . |
| 4 | I broke my leg in training and I only played a dozen games undefeated , mind you ! |
| 5 | I lie in the metal box hoping to hear the elephant passing or the lions roaring , but I only hear a distant hyena against the myriad squeaks and screeches of the night . |
| 6 | I only asked a polite question . ’ |
| 7 | And did so , with a smiling , ‘ It makes me very glad I only ate a light lunch today . ’ |
| 8 | However , I only put a few dozen sheets of paper through the machine , and two of them caught on the wire loop , which creased the paper and caused ink smudges where the machine was still printing . |
| 9 | Well I only got a few responses so the rest of the votes I made up . |
| 10 | I only go a fair way . |
| 11 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 12 | ‘ I only had a tiny part in Coriolanus , ’ he said a few years later , ‘ but it was the most exciting experience I 've ever had in the theatre . ’ |
| 13 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 14 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 15 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 16 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |
| 17 | I only had a few wee tablets that pump the vein |
| 18 | In fact , I only became a half decent painter after I got into art college . |
| 19 | I only took a wee bit , leave it there and I 'll eat it at the end of the day . |
| 20 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 21 | I mean I only paid a hundred and sixty pound a month but I mean |
| 22 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 23 | ‘ I considered finding another writer but , as I only wanted a talented writer , I feared such a person would want to change the characters . ’ |
| 24 | a big graph like and and I only need a little tiny |
| 25 | It will take me six to eight matches to get fit — I 've played four so far so , hopefully , I only need a few more . |
| 26 | no , I only have a small slice |
| 27 | He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’ |
| 28 | I only have a little goodness left inside . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps it was the wine I had drunk but I only gave a short yell before my hair was grabbed and my head jerked violently back . |
| 30 | I only add a few words of my own out of deference to the contrary view expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Lowry , and to consider the cases on thefts from companies to which we were referred in the course of argument . |