Example sentences of "[verb] it be only " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Denise 's case , " He did n't really know it was only his idea . |
| 2 | Do you know it was only five lines . |
| 3 | The FT-SE failed to hold its gains yesterday but shortly after opening it was only six points away from last September 's previous record closing level . |
| 4 | B : Well , the milkman has come It is only on the basis of assuming the relevance of B's response that we can understand it as providing a partial answer to A's question . |
| 5 | people say it 's only a film but they do n't know . |
| 6 | Say it 's only a paper … |
| 7 | They say it 's only right compensation should be paid . |
| 8 | But they say it 's only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 9 | But they say it 's only around 30 . |
| 10 | Say it 's only twenty six years and course with a pension see you can increase your contributions . |
| 11 | They say it 's only available for |
| 12 | So and smashed all the windows and everything in it erm so what 's that and as I say it was only a scrap van er and now he 'd bought the little chapel on the corner . |
| 13 | Police say it was only swift action by security men that prevented a serious fire . |
| 14 | Prison staff say it was only their quick action which saved the jail from being burned down . |
| 15 | The RUC say it was only because the bomb failed to function properly that lives were not lost and widespread damage caused to homes and businesses . |
| 16 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |
| 17 | but when they actually get into which country , I mean , this , one of these books as I say it was only published in nineteen eighty eight and statistics in it are as recent |
| 18 | She looked at the clock , frustrated to find it was only a little after eleven . |
| 19 | It won' be long before it finishes it 's only |
| 20 | Ronni glanced at her bedside clock to discover it was only just after six-thirty . |
| 21 | Albert looked at his watch and found it was only six , but thought it gratuitous to say so . |
| 22 | Putting a hand out for the clock , she found it was only a quarter to eight . |
| 23 | Shame it 's only half-time really . |
| 24 | To rugby now and on saturday Gloucester enjoyed their biggest and best win of the season … they beat Bristol thirty … eight eleven at Kinghsolm … shame it was only a club match |
| 25 | The Attlee administration , and Ernest Bevin in particular , believed it was only a matter of time before the British economy would recover . |
| 26 | In May 1975 , at Wembley , the site of Haffey 's worst nightmare , Scotland entrusted the role of goalkeeper to Stewart Kennedy , a keeper of such startling mediocrity that many Scotland fans believed it was only his association with Rangers that led to him being chosen . |
| 27 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 28 | as we can cos of the cost side erm I 'm not happy about the way they 've drawn up the writ because it does n't say precisely wh it does n't say what that invoice says it 's only |
| 29 | She says it 's only once a year . |
| 30 | He 's been told an operation will help him but says it 's only on condition he gives up smoking for six months . |