Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pers pn] [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Steve you were you were suggesting that it was only the G three T one . |
| 2 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 3 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 4 | ‘ Some other time , ’ he said , clearly believing that she was only stalling . |
| 5 | ‘ He was told in writing that he was only going to be narrating for five minutes of the video , which is not what happened . |
| 6 | Rik Mayall , confirming that he is only capable of playing one character , is Phoebe Cates ' imaginary childhood friend who comes back to pester her when insecurity afflicts her in adulthood . |
| 7 | This information can be used in equation ( 3 ) to calculate the cost of equity finance : Assuming a corporation tax rate of 40 per cent , we now have all the information to use equation ( 1 ) to calculate the firm 's cost of capital : This is the appropriate cost of capital for this firm providing that it is only considering further investments that have the same risk characteristics as those previously evaluated , and that its gearing ( that is , the ratio of debt to equity ) is not expected to change in the foreseeable future . |
| 8 | Ramsay for one did not like the sound of that , and said so , but Douglas cut him short , assuring that it was only a gesture . |
| 9 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
| 10 | And they 're saying They are saying that we 're only ones they get pallets like that from . |
| 11 | The bank also denies last year 's claims that it had signed a major deal with IBM to supply RS6000s ( UX No 323 ) , saying that it was only ‘ evaluating ’ the IBM equipment . |
| 12 | He is also fiercely protective of that unbeaten record despite constantly saying that he 's only in boxing for the money . |
| 13 | I started crying and saying that he was only a minor , that he was n't old enough to be taken away , and had n't done anything . |
| 14 | Findlay was arrested and according to the Crown made damaging admissions , asking who had ‘ grassed ’ him and saying that he was only concerned in one post office robbery . |
| 15 | were were saying that he was only God from his baptism to Not on the cross , before the cross . |
| 16 | I am afraid that he is getting very near to the Nuremburg defence of saying that he was only obeying orders . |
| 17 | There 's nothing worse than being in a foul temper and knowing that it 's only you , you 've got to blame for it . |
| 18 | Along the path leading to the ark lay the altar of burnt-offering ( 17:1–8 ) , the altar of incense ( 30:1–6 ) , and the mercy-seat where the blood of sacrifice was finally sprinkled ( 25:17ff. ; Leviticus 16:14 ) — showing that it was only by sacrifice , prayer and the effectiveness of the shed blood that man could come to God . |
| 19 | During the course of the election campaign the King had criticized the aims of the pro-democracy dissidents , claiming that it was only himself and the nobility who were keeping Tonga free from communism . |
| 20 | Once he introduces them , the linguist can not simply retreat into claiming that he is only dealing with the abstractions of descriptive linguistics . |
| 21 | nobody takes any notice of poor Simon , even though he is the only one admitting that they are only afraid of one another . |
| 22 | ‘ At nine miles I felt fine , but kept thinking that I was only one third of the way round the course . |