only regret

collocation in English

meaningsofonlyandregret

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only
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈəʊn.li/us
/ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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regret
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈɡret/us
/rɪˈɡret/
a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different ...
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(Definition ofonlyandregretfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofonly regret

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Myonlyregretabout the book is that it is so overburdened with theory.
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Myonlyregretis that the papers are very different in nature.
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Myonlyregretin this context is that the references have been kept to a minimum.
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Myonlyregretis that the final program has such an imperative flavour.
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We canonlyregretthis.
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Myonlyregretis that the funding provided will not be sufficient to accomplish the huge and important task we have set ourselves.
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Weonlyregretthat he has been so long coming to it.
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Ionlyregretthat my colleagues have not proposed to increase the amount which the malefactor should have to pay.
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Myonlyregretis that it does not go far enough.
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Ionlyregretthat no response came from the other side.
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Ionlyregretthat he did not tell me personally that the matter was coming on.
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Weonlyregretthat he did not feel able to do so.
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Myonlyregretis that they do not go a good deal further.
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Myonlyregretis that it evoked the speech to which we have just listened.
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Myonlyregretis that we do not have more time to discuss it.
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Myonlyregretis that the tax is not severe enough.
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Ionlyregretthat so much damage has been done because the policy was not pursued much earlier.
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Ionlyregretthat it was not done earlier.
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Myonlyregretis that he did not follow it up by action.
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I canonlyregretthat he was such a young man when he died.
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