Example sentences of "'ve only [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've , I 've only met one bus driver which is nice .
2 I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes .
3 Erm I only I 've only recorded one side .
4 ‘ Our strategy is to use the cheapest workstations we can find , ’ says Rodney Armitage , head of management services , ‘ because if you lose one you 've only lost one person .
5 on form Swindon are top dogs … they 've only lost one game in two months … but Derby have the power to beat anyone …
6 Yeah , but if you 've only written one cheque in the past whatever .
7 ‘ We 've only known each other a year . ’
8 Maud Bailey went on : ‘ I 've checked my card index — I 'm working on a full-length study of Melusina I 've only found one reference to Ash .
9 You 've only had that car a fortnight and you 've already done about five hundred about four hundred and fifty pound worth of damage .
10 We 've only had one bit of trouble once , and that was when we first moved on .
11 We 've only had one night when she cried a lot — luckily it was n't the night before a game . ’
12 Men who 've only had one partner almost never fantasize at work , whereas those who have had 10 or more partners have a strong tendency in the office to let their thoughts wander to sex .
13 I 've only had one cigarette .
14 Oh er I I 've only been erm I 've only had one job .
15 Employment I 've only had one job , that 's sad .
16 ‘ Better get started , though ; we 've only got all night . ’
17 Erm , they 've only got one size , and S F T thirty with protector .
18 We 've only got one moon but that 's erm by no means the limit .
19 Well I 've only got one daughter , and she is er extremely good .
20 No , no , especially if you 've only got one daughter and it only goes threw once and , I mean the list is so long .
21 In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with !
22 Ah , I mean yes you 've only got one centre
23 The austere ideal , the man who acts out his principles and endures what is — can you imagine Michel Devaux saying as my father so often did , I 've only got one life and so much time , I ca n't afford to stand back ?
24 because she might as well have some A levels just in case or whatever , but erm you know I , you know she 's , you know , I can understand that actually , she 's being quiet sensible about it she said there 's nothing else I want to do and I might as well do something that I enjoy , you know , you 've only got one life have n't you when it comes down to it ?
25 You know , you 've only got one life have n't you , when you comes down to it ?
26 So you 've only got one bit .
27 Well we 've only got one person to pay it
28 I 've got I 've only got one door on that cupboard .
29 ‘ We 've only got one hour and forty-five minutes to get back to Planet Centram . ’
30 " If you 've only got one day in London , we shall have to see what we can arrange . "
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