Example sentences of "it be only [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It maybe faithful for a long time , perhaps you build up that trust , and it 's only once you 've got beyond that , that you can then begin to actually influence er , negotiate with them . |
2 | It 's only while they stay so in-house as a D S O , that we have to be so careful about what we do and what we do n't . |
3 | It 's only after I 've mastered the basic moves that I can begin to concentrate on the emotions . ’ |
4 | ‘ It 's only since we saw the video that we found out whose boot it was . |
5 | That one of Selby 's you know it was fine until they put an extension in just er a key station as soon as they did that this one started acting up , so he said it 's only since we did that , he said it happened the day after we put that in , I said okay , disconnected it , still did it , disconnected it at the , end here , still did it , erased it from the program so it did n't even know it existed , still did it |
6 | And it 's only as we fulfil our function with the body . |
7 | It 's only as you begin to come out of the Ketamine state that you begin to appreciate where you are or where you 've been . |
8 | It 's only because we 've had the bad luck to find ourselves in competition with Robert and Ian , otherwise we could have had all their present clients . ’ |
9 | No it 's only because we made some on holiday when we went |
10 | And it 's only because they have no rights in what they 're negotiating for . |
11 | If the records popular when the University first opened are recognisable to us , it 's only because they have recently enjoyed their third or fourth revival in the charts . |
12 | I dare say , though , knowing you as I do , that it 's only because you 've thought up some other diabolical vengeance to inflict on me . ’ |
13 | And it 's only because you said , previously er , that she was a sort of feminist that when , he said do this do that and she said very frankly to him do you think just because I 'm going to marry you I shall commit ? |
14 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
15 | ‘ Well , it 's only because you gave me a leg-up at the beginning , explaining the theory and such . ’ |
16 | ‘ It 's only because you stayed — and did what you did — that I can make light of it . ’ |
17 | ‘ It 's only because I know you so well , Peachcake . |
18 | It 's only because I know Rome quite well that they 've asked me — Athens I do n't know at all . ’ |
19 | ‘ Well , lad , it 's only because I think you 're worth somebody better than her . |
20 | But no , it 's only because he reminds me a bit of him , that gloomy bit , that deep bit , that bit that dominated when his head sank into his shoulders and his mouth turned down and the light went from his eyes , that bit that took over when he resisted and turned inwards and moped . |
21 | It 's only because he wants to prevent the bomb going off that this belief of his makes him shoot . |
22 | He reckons it 's only because he loves the world and the people he knows that he hates the prevailing ‘ world order ’ . |
23 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
24 | ‘ It 's only because she loves you . |
25 | It 's with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for it is , because you never , and I I think those three little rules there only apply only nouns have an apostrophe , pronouns never have an apostrophe and it 's only nouns ending in s , have an apostrophe and it 's only when they own the thing that follows , except when they , when they do n't end with an s , but you know the exception of men 's , women 's , children 's and sheep . |
26 | we had four kids I mean now it 's only when we get visitors you know when |
27 | But she said she does n't need them for Monday because it 's only when she takes the tests she gets in a panic not when she 's she said she can do it in the practice classes . |
28 | He saw something erm he saw a cat and he zoomed out the front door and he was gone and it 's only when he lost sight of the cat he thought about where he was |
29 | The front of the machine sports some graceful curves , but it 's only when you take a peek round the back that you get some inkling that this one is different . |
30 | And if you get It 's only when you get oily greasy stains that you think , oh I 'd better some ethanol or |