Example sentences of "it be only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " It 's only because Dad does n't like taking the collection , " Caroline used to tell me . |
| 32 | She added , ‘ I 'm sure it 's only because of safety in the smallest possible number , only his lawyers and my mother 's father have the address , aside from me , and I only have it because they did n't like to leave me here without one . ’ |
| 33 | It 's only because he wants to prevent the bomb going off that this belief of his makes him shoot . |
| 34 | It 's only because of you that she 's here at all . |
| 35 | ‘ It 's only because I know you so well , Peachcake . |
| 36 | but I mean it 's only because the extra stuff 's in it for it to dissolve in . |
| 37 | It 's only because it 's so hot . |
| 38 | It 's only because we 're concerned about you . |
| 39 | It 's only because your boss is here , is n't it Bill ? |
| 40 | But it , it , it caused an initial aggravation , but it 's only because people did n't know . |
| 41 | ‘ It 's only because it might hamper my investigations that I do n't invite you to tell Dysart about his wife 's in fidelity tomorrow . |
| 42 | It 's only because I know Rome quite well that they 've asked me — Athens I do n't know at all . ’ |
| 43 | I dare say , though , knowing you as I do , that it 's only because you 've thought up some other diabolical vengeance to inflict on me . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ It 's only because she loves you . |
| 45 | It 's only because I 'm just out of hospital . ’ |
| 46 | He reckons it 's only because he loves the world and the people he knows that he hates the prevailing ‘ world order ’ . |
| 47 | It 's worth noting , colleagues , that it 's only because of the determination of our members to ensure that their already meagre standard of living and basic rates are not further eroded that even this small achievement has been possible . |
| 48 | ‘ It 's only because you stayed — and did what you did — that I can make light of it . ’ |
| 49 | It 's only because you 're a Yorkshireman yourself that you 're taking that position . |
| 50 | It 's only because we 've had the bad luck to find ourselves in competition with Robert and Ian , otherwise we could have had all their present clients . ’ |
| 51 | And it 's only because you said , previously er , that she was a sort of feminist that when , he said do this do that and she said very frankly to him do you think just because I 'm going to marry you I shall commit ? |
| 52 | And it 's only because they have no rights in what they 're negotiating for . |
| 53 | If the records popular when the University first opened are recognisable to us , it 's only because they have recently enjoyed their third or fourth revival in the charts . |
| 54 | It 's , it 's only because his bed looks comfortable . |
| 55 | No it 's only because we made some on holiday when we went |
| 56 | I mean it 's same with Marks and Sparks , you buy owt at Marks and Sparks it 's only because when they have them packed , they 've got to put their name on it . |
| 57 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
| 58 | It 's only because the sun 's not out I 'm |
| 59 | It 's only because of I know . |
| 60 | It 's only because it 's no good . |