Example sentences of "only [vb past] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe . |
| 2 | I only asked him the other day |
| 3 | No he , he only told me the two things , I wrote them down . |
| 4 | You knew from the beginning the terms of the thing , and if you tried to make it more serious than that , you only lost him the quicker . |
| 5 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 6 | ‘ But you only saw me the other night ! |
| 7 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |