Example sentences of "he only [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He only saw the shintiyan ! ’ |
| 2 | GIVEN THE reflective nature of ‘ Harvest Moon ’ and the fact that Young has been engaged in putting together an ambitious retrospective over the past few years , his claim that he only considers the past when talking to journalists must be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 3 | But he only uses the minimum anyway . |
| 4 | McAllister was touted as man of the match in some reports — but according to MOTD he only touched the ball about 3 times ! |
| 5 | He only realised the finality of the phrase a second or so later . |
| 6 | He said he only told the truth . |
| 7 | As the most informative booklet points out , he only avoided the later excesses of the Nazis by conveniently dying in July 1933 . |
| 8 | Lewis , a metre behind , equalled the old world record of 9.93 seconds but could not even console himself with a new American best for he only equalled the time of Calvin Smith . |
| 9 | He only asked the vicar not to use Hail Marys with the Stations . |
| 10 | Normally , he only had the Beavises to worry about , and they were typically friendly and unsuspicious cockneys . |
| 11 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |
| 12 | They were n't desperate or anything , but nothing like Dad , and he only had the farm to run . |
| 13 | Is n't it that he only had the job because nobody else was there ? |
| 14 | She would attend to those next for Cleg needed his boots for work , he only owned the one pair . |
| 15 | He only launched the helikite earlier in the summer , and it 's already being used by more than forty farmers . |
| 16 | These applications are not regarded as a mere formality by most courts which may require the originating application to state the grounds in proper detail , for example that the lessor may require to occupy at the expiration of the lease ; that the premises are temporarily surplus to the needs of the lessor ; that the lessee has indicated that he only requires the premises for a limited period ; that there is to be development at the expiration of the term ; that the lessor is only prepared to grant if the section is excluded ; that exclusion of the section has been taken into consideration in negotiations for the rent , or possibly that the premises form part of other premises which brings the provisions of management of the whole into question if the section is not excluded . |
| 17 | Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . |
| 18 | It was always touch and go whether he would be fit to take his place , and he only got the nod after coming through a trial game without any problems . |
| 19 | It was always touch and go whether he would be fit to take his place , and he only got the nod after coming through a trial game without any problems . |
| 20 | As he began to shout his reply , he only managed the words , ‘ Bloody tacky , ’ when , at the sound of his raised voice close to her ear , Daisy swung her head towards him and caught him full in the chest with her nose . |
| 21 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 22 | He says he only took the job because the neon sign always cheers him up ; but the fact is he really needs the money . |
| 23 | He only took the one but he did n't take two . |
| 24 | As there is no other source of Waaagh power within 12″ the Shaman receives no magic cards from the Winds of Magic , he only gets the D6 cards from consuming the mushroom . |
| 25 | He said he only drove the car to Darlington to sell it . |
| 26 | At least now he only attacks the wall rather than other students . |
| 27 | He only made the two trips to the house . ’ |
| 28 | He only wanted the best for his people , of course ; to save them from the unjust regime of Sam . |
| 29 | Three because the Chief Fire Officer can not guarantee any longer er that if he only despatched the one which is necessary , it would actually get through the traffic . |
| 30 | He only needed the rudiments , a wooden table and a few chairs ; he was prepared to lay a blanket on the floor and sleep on that . |