Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps that is only a passing feeling … ’ |
| 2 | Or perhaps that was only his imagination . |
| 3 | Erm but obviously that was only a two metre mix . |
| 4 | whether it 's the afternoon or an evening or weekend it 's still the same price , but the , the mental patient actually employs you , you 're not employed by the hospital , but they can only give you ten hours a week which is five session so that 's only sort of twenty seven quid a week so you 're |
| 5 | Five to one , so that 's only five hundred quid in n it ? |
| 6 | So that 's only |
| 7 | so that was only er July to September |
| 8 | Our opponents say we do cause such disturbance but I suspect that is only that is only because they see all canoeists as a noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters . |
| 9 | Perhaps this is only a witty pleasantry ; it may also be the delight this woman takes in her young friend 's success . |
| 10 | Perhaps this was only because he had never had reason to he until he met Mr Evans , but he was n't afraid of him , even after that first , dreadful night , because Mr Evans had false teeth that clicked when he talked . |
| 11 | Obviously this is only a general rule : in particular , where the goods are complicated , or where the normal course of dealing would so indicate , it may be relatively easy to establish that the parties did not intend their agreement to become binding until other details were finalised ; this issue is examined further in Chapter 4 , 6 below . |
| 12 | Do n't tell us your secrets Graham we do n't deserve to know them , oh go on then so these are only your R S I dates are n't they ? |
| 13 | Normally this is only a minor irritation ( unless the controller suffers from migraine ) , and a few seconds later another transmission sorts the whole thing out . |
| 14 | Interestingly , in the rat uterus big endothelin-1 is only one-seventh as active as endothelin-1 ( ) , suggesting that this tissue is a particularly active and/or rich enzyme source , for in isolated vascular preparations there is usually some 100–300-fold difference in potency |
| 15 | you know like that is only a black one |
| 16 | Variations of units having the same name meant that sometimes there was easy money to be made , buying big chauldrons and selling small ones ; but usually this was only a minor nuisance , entailing conversion tables and making international communication a little more difficult . |
| 17 | The weeding out of the congenitally unfit was only a secondary process , less important than the pressure encouraging most individuals to become fitter . |
| 18 | I I 'd like to see it retained chair because criterion three says generally within ten miles of York and er I 'm sure somebody would er argue that well that 's only a general rule still acceptable |
| 19 | Well that 's only because it was terrible before though |
| 20 | Well that 's only |
| 21 | well , no , yes well that 's only morning , that 's morning after midnight |
| 22 | Well that 's only a little bit that bit is . |
| 23 | Yeah , well that 's only he went up and down there . |
| 24 | Well that 's only |
| 25 | Oh well that 's only in the night is n't it ? |
| 26 | Well that 's only cos , why is it ? |
| 27 | Well that 's only , it 's boiling . |
| 28 | Well that 's only half an hour is n't it ? |
| 29 | Well that 's only one stop is n't it ? |
| 30 | well that was only there |