Example sentences of "be only [verb] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are only kidding ourselves if we think that we have anything like a complete succession for any part of the stratigraphical column in any one place . |
| 2 | You 're only cheating yourself when you cheat . |
| 3 | I thought , we 're only doing it once it 's been commissioned . |
| 4 | I think they 're only saying it because it 's true . |
| 5 | No I 'm only phoning you because you phoned I 'm only phoning because you ph yeah yeah no no we 've been here all the time and the phone did n't ring once well |
| 6 | It sounds ridiculous — it is ridiculous — it 's one of those huge ridiculous facts that one tries to close one 's eyes to , they 're so absurd — and I 'm only mentioning it because it 's two o'clock in the morning , and I feel I can say anything to you . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm only doing it because I want your mother to have a quiet lie-in , so you can turn that thing off for a start . ’ |
| 8 | What do ya mean I alw I 'm only saying it cos I got |
| 9 | What do ya mean I alw I 'm only saying it cos I got |
| 10 | I mention that not in any boastful sense it 's only to reassure you that if I can do that then I , I ca n't be very much out of giving the wrong gen . |
| 11 | The important point here , as everywhere , is only to use it when it is appropriate . |
| 12 | Again , she felt she was only entertaining him as he might have been entertained by a clever child . |
| 13 | I was only telling you that I 'm going to be busy , and would n't make a good companion for you . ’ |
| 14 | I was only teasing you because I thought you were just like the rest of them . |
| 15 | There was only forgetting it and getting on with her present life . |