Example sentences of "[pron] [is] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners point to neighbouring Clwyd 's charge which is only £5-a-week and other counties who have not introduced any charges . |
| 2 | In other words , they represent facts about ‘ module ’ , which is only part of the key ( known as partial dependency ) . |
| 3 | Ken himself was called upon to act as a kind of bodyguard for Halliwell — which is only part of the near-farcical side of the relationship between the three of them . |
| 4 | You know , which is only day one of his inauguration . |
| 5 | I have overwintered larkspur seedlings , but always choose a dwarf variety like ‘ Dwarf Hyacinth Flowered Mixed ’ , which is only 12in high . |
| 6 | In 1079 , Lanfranc asked Anselm to give his opinion , and ( as we know ) he argued that since Elphege had certainly died in the effort to save his tenants from an unjust exaction , he had died for justice ; and , if for justice , then also for truth , which is only justice in another mode . |
| 7 | How many E6 leaders each year pass by the ledge of Lloydia Serotina — rarest of British plants — which is only yards from the path , and fail to bestow a second glance on its nodding , purple-veined understatedness ? |
| 8 | Peeling potatoes , she 's only peeling potatoes , dinner potatoes , then wash up after dinner . |
| 9 | She 's only thinking of your good , ’ said Iris , helping herself to apricot jam . |
| 10 | She 's only interest . |
| 11 | The association cause for the ending of criminalisa criminalisation , the word , of pensioner 's , who 's only fault is their poverty , it is confident that the British people will support this cause and that their protest will be , speedily bring to an end a situation which is the shame of our Country , that 's signed by the President of the British Pensioner 's and Fred the Secretary . |
| 12 | ‘ But inside she is only dust . |
| 13 | Della Grice , a service controller at Hygiene Bristol recently wanted to jump out of an aeroplane , a strange idea , thought other branch members particularly as now she is only 4′ 6″ ! |
| 14 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 15 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 16 | There 's only Anthony and he seems pretty normal , yeah . |
| 17 | but I do n't think it 's really worth worrying too much about whether he 's fascist or communist because erm the only reason really there 's only link between him and Russia and the play is A is the opposite of America , in other words George and B because his name Khrushchev which links it to the leader of the er |
| 18 | And there 's only fruit you see for afters . |
| 19 | There 's only biscuits , I have n't been able to do any baking . |
| 20 | Racing 's been good to Richard Dunwoody … he 's won the National … he 's won the Gold Cup … he 's ridden the great Desert Orchid … there 's only dream left to chase … to be champion |
| 21 | There 's only Pinkie really . |
| 22 | I phone Yvonne and William 's house but there 's only William 's voice on the answer-machine . |
| 23 | With the glass at Fairford it 's so complete … there 's only 5% lost … it 's like joining the dots . |
| 24 | I do n't know , depends what you want to do , I can prepare it now actually there 's only Sally left is ? , is it only you left Sal ? |
| 25 | ‘ There 's only Dad who matters and I 'm sure he 'd agree . |
| 26 | There 's only Mollinees . |
| 27 | There 's only Alan so far says he 's got a problem . |
| 28 | I know it is n't easy but erm I think we should you know , try and we advertise starting at eight o'clock and very often there 's only Alan and I here at eight . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's only Mrs Heathcliff indoors , and she wo n't open the door to you . ’ |
| 30 | Anybody want any well there 's only strawberries . |