Example sentences of "only [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose i it means that you know the difference between right and wrong cos we 've only been We 've been talking about it further up have n't we ? |
| 2 | It had only been her bank book , and Edward had been quite right to say that it was not worth reading . |
| 3 | She tried to feel pleased that she had n't descended from such uncompromising stock , but it was still a shock to have been told that William Ash was not her father , and that Eddie had only been her half-brother . |
| 4 | It would n't have been so bad , of course , if it had only been him , but there was that second-year nurse whom she had accused of loitering with him in the corridor — that was going to take some fancy footwork to get out of without loss of face . |
| 5 | Tim 's only been you know , it sounds like it 's it 's mi , erm Ian 's had |
| 6 | He recognised his ex-pupil 's handwriting on a letter and thereby identified the highwayman — even though Turpin had only been his pupil for three quarters of a year . |
| 7 | At the eleventh hour , he underestimated the Stealers — as if they had only been his playthings . |
| 8 | Not only am I forced to share bed and board with a woman for whom I feel nothing but disgust , but for my pains I have been branded a disreputable opportunist by all and sundry . |
| 9 | Stephanie , who on screen proved she was Queen Bitch , turned on Caulfield , sharpened her acting talons and told him , ‘ Not only am I going to prove in front of the camera that I am your mother , but I 'm also the person who will knock you into shape . ’ |
| 10 | So not only am I in a job I know , I 'm also in a position to pass vital information back to the Israelis . |
| 11 | Not only am I expected to love Belle Maman , she thought , but now I must love IT as well . |
| 12 | Without giving me a chance to explain you 've decided that not only am I guilty , but I 'm a moron as well . ’ |
| 13 | Not only am I aware of that dependence ; I am aware of the debt that we owe the area and of the real contribution made by the people of Plymouth to the Royal Navy and the Royal Marine Commandos , among other units involved . |
| 14 | Not only am I happy to join my hon. Friend in congratulating that successful exporter , but I congratulate my hon. Friend on the energetic and effective way in which he has supported Beloit Walmsley in winning those contracts . |
| 15 | The reason why of course and I take this as a matter of pride because er not only am I , I think probably the only member of the L S E as published in Nature recently , but erm er the other thing I take pride in is the fact that erm one really ca n't ignore it , because all the time stuff is being published in the world 's leading science journal which is directly relevant to this course and how many other courses are in L S E are like that ? |
| 16 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 17 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 18 | Not only are its policies extremely wasteful , but one of the companies that it set up is just collapsing , insolvent , and this is costing £8 a head to every community charge payer in the area . |
| 19 | I do n't want to buy one as not only are they very expensive but I 'm unlikely to wear it again . |
| 20 | Not only are they marching in common cause with other unions , but the UMWA is also forging links with groups fighting against conservative forces in American society . |
| 21 | Not only are they free , but one dead dolphin can bait over 350 traps . |
| 22 | For not only are they bad for women — who find it difficult to be canonized unless they are nuns , queens or martyrs — but equally they form another monolith . |
| 23 | The advantages of Bt toxins are obvious : not only are they natural proteins that readily degrade in the environment , but they are highly specific for crop-destroying caterpillars ( Lepidoptera ) , flies ( Diptera ) , or beetles and weevils ( Coleoptera ) ; they do not harm vertebrates . |
| 24 | Not only are they ruining good soil through bad farming , but destroying all the valuable timber . |
| 25 | Despite John Ruskin 's strictures ( ‘ Such works as … the iron roofs and pillars of our railway stations … are not architecture at all ’ ) , it is now generally admitted that not only are they architecture but they are also works of art . |
| 26 | You should avoid sails with full length battens as not only are they harder to control in lighter winds but they are also heavier . |
| 27 | They need flat water to perform well and on no account should they be taken into waves , since , not only are they difficult to manoeuvre well , but they are also liable to snap because of their length . |
| 28 | Not only are they incapable of regrowing the stings , but they also can not live without them . |
| 29 | Not only are they moving away , but often they are also moving to a place totally unsuitable for elderly people . |
| 30 | Not only are they a natural weak point , they also entrap any intersecting line and form an unwelcome hazard . |