Example sentences of "i [verb] only see " in BNC.
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1 | I replied cautiously , acutely aware that I had n't seen Spock and Kirk do their thing for years and that I 'd only seen one episode of the new series . |
2 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
3 | I had only seen a wall there before , and now my heart leapt when I saw , through the Bride and the Bachelors , through the Milky Way and the Chariot and the Grinder and the Sieves - someone moving . |
4 | I was really deeply moved as I had only seen such a thing before in religious pictures . |
5 | It was also a revelation to see the wildlife — birds and animals which I had only seen in Zoos were free for me to enjoy . |
6 | It might have been transported from the South of France , one of those lush semi-palaces I had only seen in photos . |
7 | It was a world beyond my wildest dreams ; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato . |
8 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
9 | For me , a highlight of this time was a weekend visit from a college friend , whom I 've only seen once in the forty-three years since we left college . |
10 | I 've only seen my daughter-in-law for three minutes since I got the news . |
11 | I 've only seen an illustration . |
12 | It 'll be playing patience I 've only seen him doing " . |
13 | I 've only seen an ice cream van about four times since I 've been here . |
14 | I 've only seen that precise colour once before . ’ |
15 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
16 | What was encouraging was the way we played — the best I 've seen them this term ( although I 've only seen 4 matches ) . |
17 | But I 've only seen one or two , can we think about photocopying them if it 's that thin , because by the time it gets to me sometimes it 's not legible . |
18 | I 've only seen one , I have n't seen any more than one at |
19 | I 've only seen her once |
20 | Grandma was really slagging her off were n't she Maureen Lipman , oh god , yeah , oh I do n't like her , she has too many programmes , I 've only seen about one |
21 | I 've only seen him kiss your woman , that was what three and a half months ago . |
22 | This is the nearly got me and I 've only seen oh have we actually seen these ? |
23 | Well I 've only seen the back of it . |
24 | I 've only seen it once . |
25 | But I 've only seen it in some of the |
26 | Like most birdwatchers , I have only seen them in pictures -invariably in supremely elegant poses , their long , thin beaks delicately probing the water for weeds . |
27 | I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall . |
28 | ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral . |
29 | I have observed that this species can breed at sizes of little more than 1″ , but I have only seen this happen where a larger adult in my colony has died and been replaced by a young fish . |
30 | I have only seen two rats , and they were both outside the house and both dead . |