Example sentences of "he only [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only knew one word in three of the lyric he 'd chosen . |
| 2 | She shot him a look designed to kill at fifty feet , but he only raised one eyebrow in mute enquiry . |
| 3 | Incidentally , he was n't known as Chief Education Officer , he was Secretary for Education , he only became Chief Education Officer after the war but erm he was the Controller of Shift E and most of the education staff were on Shift E. |
| 4 | Even if he was kissing her because he only felt sorry for her , she could pretend , could n't she ? |
| 5 | He only felt secure in his bed , which he found beautifully warm because every night my mother would place between the sheets the prete , an iron pot full of hot ashes ; it had a frame work of wood to stop the bedding catching fire . |
| 6 | Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused . |
| 7 | In the Brittania Floats Wednesday series , also on the same venue , I came fourth overall , it was won by Vinnie Smith with a brilliant performance , he only dropped one point out of a possible fifty . |
| 8 | And whilst he lost in two sets 7-5 , 7-6 he only dropped one service game . |
| 9 | Though he only finished 12th last year in 2–8–02 he has since recorded two sub 1–51 marathons and is tipped for a top six place . |
| 10 | Ferrin , the Northern Ireland 10,000 metres champion , has been impressing in half marathons recently and although he only finished third at Ballyclare he has the pedigree to sustain a challenge from early in the race . |
| 11 | Sadly , of course , Laurent 's smaller map sold well while Green 's was not a financial success , he only sold 400 out of the 600 copies . |
| 12 | I have marmalade on toast right and he only said this morning and he said do n't forget the marmalade , he 's chucking the jar out . |
| 13 | He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far , and felt sure that would n't be held against him . |
| 14 | He went off to Barnard Castle up in the North somewhere to practice jumping out of a captive balloon , but he only had one go at |
| 15 | He used to try and learn other players ' licks from the radio and this process was hampered by the fact that he only had one pass in which to do so . |
| 16 | Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option . |
| 17 | And there , the tailor , he 'd been trained in the war , and he he only had one la leg , and he seemed very nice , but er he told me to start on the Monday and then I got a letter . |
| 18 | We found Dod 's van in the NCP and I explained to Kim that as he only had one passenger seat , the two of us had better travel in the cold and bare , unheated back along with Dod 's drum kit . |
| 19 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
| 20 | Here is Lawrence , bowls this one on the leg stump , push there , the short play , fielded by Morris and that 's a wicket er that was eighteen , DaSilva a hundred and sixteen minutes and he only had one four and if we remember his first innings when he scored forty-two , with seven fours and he was in only for that , thirty-something minutes , was it ? |
| 21 | Next night he fancied a bit of fresh salmon and as he only had two days to live , she rushed out and bought him some salmon . |
| 22 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 23 | And was on to us , he only had four thousand five hundred that 's all the money he had , that 's all I 've got four thousand five hundred . |
| 24 | He only had fifty in the bloody shop , I thought oh good at least we 've got ours . |
| 25 | He only wore uniform when going on leave ( in order to get a cheap fare ) . |
| 26 | A hole was blasted in the floor near Mr Redmond 's feet and part of his seat was ripped away but he only received minor leg injuries . |
| 27 | The bonus erm he only got two and a half grand last year , is he expecting to get some this year and if so what does he normally do with the money . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should be flattered or otherwise , ’ her host drawled , and she decided on the spot that she hated men with sophisticated wit — was he saying that he took it as a compliment , or not , that he only got one mention at lunchtime ? |
| 29 | ‘ But you see , dear , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ he only got that one together in a hurry … ’ |
| 30 | I tried commanding him — as if I were an angel — but he only got nasty . |