Example sentences of "we only [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and took over the mill and rationalised the business during the 50s and from then on we only sold branded products and compound feeds . |
| 2 | At Rouen the fuel filters were so good that they took all the dye out of the fuel and became clogged , so we only finished second . |
| 3 | In fact , we only know each other because he worked for me — when he was a student . ’ |
| 4 | But it seems all too likely that the 21 married women who applied to rejoin the trade and the union in 1919–20 were war widows , although we only know this for sure of three of them . |
| 5 | Because of the shortage of money , we only sent two backstrokers to Antwerp in 1920 , and I came third in the trials , which were held in the open air pool at Southport , now a children 's playground . |
| 6 | We only came fourth in the county championship last year and we lost a major final at Lords . ’ |
| 7 | We only got one corner in the entire first half . |
| 8 | We only got one bag . |
| 9 | We only got one bag . |
| 10 | Even if we only got all those old tickets and things into green bags and started cleaning that out it would it would look as though we 're making some effort . |
| 11 | Well then somebody 's gon na be short here cos we only got five |
| 12 | considering we only got half the |
| 13 | But the government was overridden by the Treasury , we only got 270 acres . |
| 14 | We only get four hours ’ daylight in winter … |
| 15 | I think you have six weeks in the summer , we only get four all year ! |
| 16 | We only get half an hour |
| 17 | The second reason just if I could point erm we only learnt this morning of the landscape design erm where we understood that savings were being made by the four members of staff organisation . |
| 18 | We only chose that one . |
| 19 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 20 | We saw herds of stags and although we never actually walked for a day when we did n't see anyone else , there was a week of walking when we only saw one other person for every day . |
| 21 | And so that 's why erm you know we we only use certain contacts who we know are very reliable |
| 22 | It is often stated that we only use 10 per cent of our brain . |
| 23 | Whereas a person involved in the American Mafia could say , quite reasonably , ‘ what 's all the fuss about , we only kill each other ’ , the same could not be said in defence of some corporate crimes . |
| 24 | it 's king size , now that is too warm , we only put that on in winter |
| 25 | We only put fifty P on . |
| 26 | We only charge three pence . ’ |
| 27 | We read in the papers about the German war in Russia but we only knew one boy who was fighting there : Ada 's brother . |
| 28 | When a chance came up to do them early we took it , although it meant we only had nine working days to fit in with Magnox Shutdown . |
| 29 | We only had six here this morning , and I was n't expecting so many as thirteen . |
| 30 | We only had two days on Fregate and I could easily have spent at least a week . |