Example sentences of "[pers pn] would only be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I took your silver , I would only be a thief . |
| 2 | And with a team of assassins awaiting Jamel Mobuto 's arrival in America , it would only be a question of days before Tito Ngune was inaugurated as the new President of Zimbala . |
| 3 | It 's no use my telling you what it is — she might not agree , and then it would only be a waste of time . ’ |
| 4 | It would only be a matter of ti me before the pubs , the little grocer and the dry-cleaner 's were replaced by some establishment selling something on which an enormous mark-up could be obtained . |
| 5 | It would only be a matter of time , analysts warned , before a conservative backlash would begin with the usual repressive measures against bourgeois liberalism . |
| 6 | It would only be a matter of time before the strong-willed de Gaulle would seek to reshape the EEC according to his own conceptions . |
| 7 | It was what she saw as the excessive time and attention given to the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians which she objected to most strongly , feeling that it would only be a matter of time before the Governors took action to alter the position . |
| 8 | It would only be a matter of time before it was discovered but it was the best she could do in such a short time . |
| 9 | And it would only be a matter of time before they came to investigate . |
| 10 | If a complete unified theory was discovered , it would only be a matter of time before it was digested and simplified in the same way and taught in schools , at least in outline . |
| 11 | If not for the operation it would only be a matter of months before she had to go on Dialysis . |
| 12 | Sir John knew it would only be a matter of time before his masters at the Guildhall or , worse still , the Regent at the Savoy Palace , asked for an account of his stewardship . |
| 13 | I should have tried to comfort her , saying it would only be a month or two before spring came . |