Example sentences of "'ve only [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've had my rib transfer carriage about nine years and I 've only just discovered that ! |
2 | So put down , I 've only just missed two things out on health , there was the breathing and erm should be standing in for me on all four feet behind but not four it 's quite normal |
3 | ‘ Oh no , you 've only just fallen asleep , ’ she was able to tell him . |
4 | ‘ I 've only just met these people , ’ he said . |
5 | Yep I 've only just done one of those surveys the other week , is there a coupon with it ? |
6 | I 've only just done this one . |
7 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
8 | I 've only just got used to responding : ‘ Two pounds please , teacher ’ . |
9 | It must be in your tray cos I 've only just got that today . |
10 | We 've only just started this year ! |
11 | ‘ I 've only just had one slug of that . |
12 | I would be grateful if at some point Mr you were to deal with er Doctor 's er most recent comments on the Greater Crested Newt , since of course I 've only just had those er more or less on coming into this room , and I have n't had a chance |
13 | I 've only ever made one record , a Christmas song called ‘ Tonight for Santa Claus ’ . |
14 | I I I take it a great er , challenge now , I 've only ever lost three delegates , only three delegates ever walked out on course on me , so , do n't , you know , do n't ruin my |
15 | It does because I 've only ever done that by differentiating from S |
16 | I read in a newspaper recently that he 'd said , ‘ I 've only ever done one chat show and I 'll never do another one . ’ |
17 | I 've only ever seen one and the one that , the recent one is called just Cher and that 's got all the last , the last few top ten hits on it . |
18 | ‘ I 've only ever known one way to play the game , and that is to pass the ball on the floor . |
19 | Mind you , that 's pre , I 've only ever known that |
20 | And I 've only ever trusted one person completely in my life . |
21 | I 've only ever had one job . |
22 | We 've only ever had that one . |