It’s always easier to learn foreign language by real examples. We do have lots of them around! I have prepared some examples for you. Read them, listen to them and create new one in comments, which make sense for you!
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... becoming a more popular destination once again, if only they could come up with the money and a good plan. If only. Across the former Communist world museums like the House have been repurposed as ironic attractions for tourists ... www.nytimes.com
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... workers, the health people, all of those health agencies – you could just go through it again and again. If only this, if only that. We missed it and we missed it and we missed it". ... www.independent.co.uk
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... This could be my chance! If only, if only it were fractured. Then I could get a new look. ... www.forbes.com
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... So much for Governor Perry, who went out not with a bang but an "oops". If only he'd prepared! I can see him now, jogging in the morning, his coyote-killing pistol tucked precariously into his sweatpants, ... www.nytimes.com
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... The creative process never stops". If only it did. Let's just hope there's not a little mink running around when de la Renta next ponders e-readers. ... www.newyorker.com
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... Some even tell her she should just force herself to stay awake. If only she could. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. ... query.nytimes.com
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... Cheer, denial, exuberance. If only he could. "Come here already!" Hayley shouted. ... www.newyorker.com
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... sociologists and political scientists, it's hard to detect anything like a "Hirschman school" out there. If only there were. Hirschman believed in the potential for societal improvement, steering a course between leftist visions ... www.nytimes.com
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... if his criticisms helped to push the Prime Minister out, but he is not part of an organised conspiracy. If only he were. In fact, I am sure that he is genuinely upset about Brown's handling of the Afghan mission and of the ... www.independent.co.uk
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... You seem to be doing well so far. If only you knew. But the right brain is better suited for long-term investing than short-term management. ... www.forbes.com
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... defining qualities — its abundance of theater — but theater people certainly had plenty of time for her. If only antagonistically. That's to say that while the former prime minister, who died Monday, incurred the wrath of the likes ... rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com
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... Easy, right? If only it were. There are many variables, and it is for these cases that preparation is most necessary. ... query.nytimes.com
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... L.S.E., had the decency to resign over the school's financial links to Qaddafi and his own misjudgments. If only the L.S.E. were an isolated case. ... www.nytimes.com
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... "You look at these kids, and you feel so complete," the man tells Larry. "If only by comparison". Last season seemed like it could be the final one. ... www.nytimes.com
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... Let them sort it out". If only they had. goal.blogs.nytimes.com
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... The Snowden-released documents confirmed what Bamford was saying some time ago. If only we had listened. LISTENING I listen to "Soundcheck" on WNYC a lot. ... www.nytimes.com
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... avoid the battlefront, though, he can't afford a discharge — how would he provide for his young family? If only he could sleep. Or maybe just forget what he's seen. ... theater.nytimes.com
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Good examples.
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