Example sentences of "i [vb base] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pause only a moment . |
| 2 | But in the grey eyes of this female I read only a kind of concealed hostility . |
| 3 | Well like you said last time , I think only a man can put up with her . |
| 4 | Thank you Chairman erm this is , this is er er obviously er a very important item , but I think that most of the information that it contains would already be familiar to members erm and bearing in mind that I , I 've only a moment or two ago gave a very long answer to Mr 's question when I , I could simply have said yes . |
| 5 | ‘ I need only a letter from you to your bank manager instructing him of your wishes . |
| 6 | Up to this point I have only an airline with mild aeration in the tank . |
| 7 | In a world of delicious luxury , I see only a tangle of bodies , no longer knowing whose are whose . |