Example sentences of "i 'd only " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd only ever given him pills before , and I 'm not medically trained , but it 's surprising how quickly you get used to it . |
| 3 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 4 | I 'd only got half way and I heard the row going on , so I cut across and met them . |
| 5 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 6 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 7 | I 'd put half a dozen 10p pieces in there to phone home , and I 'd only used one . |
| 8 | I handed over a coin : that meant I 'd only got two left , but it was the fattest and quickest-gobbled 10p I 've ever spent . |
| 9 | It was as if I 'd only just found him , except that now I 'd start to wail like a baby if someone so much as knocked my little finger . |
| 10 | Especially since I 'd only just arrived back from Paris . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'd only realized sooner — ’ |
| 12 | After all , I 'd only just stopped doing my paper-round and I heard them talking about headlong stuff I never knew about before : abortions , heroin , Sylvia Plath , prostitution . |
| 13 | I replied cautiously , acutely aware that I had n't seen Spock and Kirk do their thing for years and that I 'd only seen one episode of the new series . |
| 14 | To test it 's authenticity I chose a dozen snails in garlic butter to start a dish that I 'd only ever eaten in Paris before . |
| 15 | I 'd only gone part of the way when I collided with Dad . |
| 16 | I 'd only met her once , so perhaps it was her way of telling me or him or someone else that she was ‘ in the know ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 18 | I 'd only once asked for a transfer and not because of any discontent or fall- out with the club . |
| 19 | ‘ Did n't you say I 'd only got to come an' see yer if the geezer got awkward ? ’ |
| 20 | The front door was still locked and bolted — I 'd only used the back one since I 'd got here — and the keys were out the back , so I came in here to open these french windows . |
| 21 | I 'd only been back ten minutes when we started arguing again . |
| 22 | I 'd only gone say two weeks without it , but it takes a lot longer than that to actually sort yourself out , anyway … . |
| 23 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 24 | I 'd only suggested it to distract her . |
| 25 | I 'd only been there about five minutes when they came to escort me off down to Bleak House , where I was stripped naked and given a blanket and put into a cell . |
| 26 | With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged . |
| 27 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 28 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 29 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd only met her once before that evening , but I feel we 'll be friends for life . ’ |