Example sentences of "[is] only [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only after I 've mastered the basic moves that I can begin to concentrate on the emotions . ’ |
| 2 | It 's only that I can not stand possessiveness , it diminishes people . ’ |
| 3 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's only that I think , maybe , that it 's more the vice of America — no , not vice , I do n't think , but difficulty — to be moralistic in politics . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 6 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 7 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 8 | It 's only that I 'm sharing text books with the others |
| 9 | Where I have a little concern and that 's only 'cos I do n't know the of all of it , is that you are picking up , yes very minor non-conformances but in practice fairly large numbers in a fairly short time scale what I would be concerned about is when you get your B S I audit that these other areas that you have n't looked at have got equally this lack of attention to detail , that you end up with not only major break down in your system , but sufficient minor breakdowns in your system , to cause them to say that they wo n't give you registration . |
| 10 | It 's only cos I fucking told him about it the other night . |
| 11 | Yeah , but that 's only cos I ai n't got the car out . |
| 12 | It 's only cos I 'm not going out tomorrow night this is . |
| 13 | It 's only cos I 'm handsome debonair suave sophisticated and fucking dead horny and hunky . |
| 14 | It 's only cos I said |
| 15 | that 's only cos I use the keys |
| 16 | say anything about you like it 's only if I got nothing else to say really |
| 17 | ‘ You know it 's only when I 've had a drink I stop hearing those damned machines . ’ |
| 18 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Well , lad , it 's only because I think you 're worth somebody better than her . |
| 20 | I mean that would have been a disaster I mean it 's only because I was upstairs and I thought oh I can smell boiling . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's only because I know you so well , Peachcake . |
| 22 | It 's only because I know Rome quite well that they 've asked me — Athens I do n't know at all . ’ |
| 23 | It 's only because I 'm just out of hospital . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah but that 's only because I er I owe a grand in poll tax you see . |
| 25 | What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience . |
| 26 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 27 | ‘ It is only that I have never been proposed to so abruptly , so boldly before . ’ |
| 28 | It is only that I live in Dresden and that I fight like this that keeps me sane . |
| 29 | If the truth were known , it is only because I have for so long been lonely that I welcome demands for help . |
| 30 | And therefore it is only because I believe this particular phrase is quite literally to do with the very crux , the very cross , of our Christian understanding that I bring it before the general assembly . |