Example sentences of "and [pers pn] only [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | what would you like from the catalogue sort of thing and I only had this catalogue to Cos I pa you know I paid for it what di did they have ? |
2 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
3 | And I only get this sort of breakfast when you 're angry , he thought . |
4 | And I only found this out when I went in and talked to the station manager , and he looked very confused . |
5 | But first , but when we first came here I spent three hours on a Sunday morning , and I only did that area where you play football . |
6 | Now I do nt believe everything I read and I only believe half of what I see , but if these words have been uttered by the ‘ poor mans Billy Bremner ’ , then even I think it 's a bit rich ! |
7 | First , the increased weight of demands came at a time when the actual problems thrust before government were not only more complex and intractable , but were also more interdependent — solve one ( say , inflation ) and you only caused another ( rising unemployment ) . |
8 | To win affection , she discovered , you had to project the sort of image the other person wanted , and you only did that if the image appealed to you and if the other person was worth the effort . |
9 | ‘ All we can do is put the football right and you only do that on the pitch . |
10 | Applying ink to the page filters out certain colours , and you only see those reflected . |
11 | ‘ On the sleeve of the first record it was meant to say just Therapy , but I started the logo too far over to the left — and we only had enough money for one sheet of Letraset — I could n't start again , so I just added a question mark to make it fit . |
12 | ‘ And we only did each take once . ’ |
13 | I have marmalade on toast right and he only said this morning and he said do n't forget the marmalade , he 's chucking the jar out . |
14 | That small file , and it only takes half a second to combine that relatively small file to there . |