Example sentences of "but [pron] be only [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An historic sailing vessel 's making a return to the region 's waterways — but there 's only room for one on board . |
| 2 | mm but there 's only sort of five points that divides all the top seven |
| 3 | But there was only Bersonin in the room . |
| 4 | He read , ‘ In the beginning there were millions of planets in the Galaxy but there was only life on one . |
| 5 | But there was only misery for Middlesbrough as their treble hopes went up in smoke with a 4–2 defeat at home to Portsmouth in their replay . |
| 6 | She had expected his disapproval , but there was only amusement in his eyes as he smiled , meeting her directness with what sounded like an invitation . |
| 7 | Fraser 's party arrived back on 23 December , but there was only time for a brief celebration , as Stirling , Mayne and Lewes were off the following morning for another series of raids . |
| 8 | But they are only thinking of how or where to find food and how to keep alive . |
| 9 | But they were only hammers in a sense . |