Examples of 'you had only' in a sentence

Meaning of "you had only"

This phrase suggests that the person being referred to had or possessed something, but it was limited in quantity or scope. It implies that the person had a small or restricted amount of something

How to use "you had only" in a sentence

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you had only
If you had only shown some identification.
But i could take it if you had only talked to me.
You had only found the child.
Imagine that you had only one child.
You had only paid two payments.
No one else knew that you had only my initials.
You had only one person to tail.
You said that you had only talked to yourself.
You had only three pieces of evidence.
Until we entered this restaurant you had only been existing.
Even if you had only alluded to this.
This could have all been avoided if you had only listened to me.
I expect you had only just woke up.
Somebody could have saved you if you had only spoken out.
If you had only removed the hematoma.

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Have dinner with someone you had only dreamed of meeting.
If you had only accepted his love.
Let us pretend you thought you had only five minutes.
You had only six bullets left.
You may feel as if you had only just begun teaching.
You had only this life.
It would be tiring if you had only discussed and explained the text.
You had only to come see me.
None of this would be happening if you had only accepted my offer to help.
Here you had only the volunteers.
So now you have two problems whereas in the beginning you had only one.
Perhaps if you had only known the truth.
Eight hours of disrupted sleep leaves you feeling like you had only four.
You had only one glass.
There were days when you had only a few candles on your cake.
You had only one motive.
What would you do if you had only one chance of passing on the formula.
You had only one idea in bringing me here.
You pretended to the police that you had only little English.
You said you had only a sister at home.
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You had only had a discussion.
And I knew that you had only one chance.
You had only a few hundred.
After one hour of Question Time you had only completed three questions.
Now you had only four able members.
But I thought you had only lately.
If you had only waited for me.
I would have helped you, if you had only asked me.
If you had only known him.
Yours holds six bullets, but you had only four.
If you had only told me then.
If you needed more from him, you had only to ask.
You had only one photo.
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Examples of using Only
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