Example sentences of "will only [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll only be a minute . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll only be a few weeks late . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll only be a minute . |
| 4 | ‘ She says she 'll only be a few minutes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll only be a moment … and maybe we 'll do an extra blood-sugar reading in a little while to make sure being upset is n't making it go wonky . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll only be a minute or two . ’ |
| 7 | Phil , Sorry to hear your leaving us , hopefully it 'll only be a short while before your back on line again . |
| 8 | There 'll only be a small section of the hedge that would come down , just |
| 9 | I 'll only be a few minutes , then I 'll cook you some breakfast , ’ she said briskly . |
| 10 | It 'll only be a self-tapping screw , you know . |
| 11 | Yep , okay I 'll only be a minute . |
| 12 | ‘ If that happens it will be trumped up as the end of the NBA , but in fact it will only be a breach if Mr Maher discounts without the permission of the publisher , ’ Mr Taylor added . |
| 13 | Thus , a list of object names from such a database will only be a list of names , not a list of names according to country of origin or date of manufacture . |
| 14 | However , this will only be a problem for those rare people who consume no animal products whatsoever . |
| 15 | There is evidence of asymptomatic involvement of the central nervous system in up to 20 per cent of cases with secondary syphilis but in the majority of these there will only be a transient headache , if anything , to signify this complication . |
| 16 | But this also will only be a short-run position as inflationary expectations will be revised upwards to 8 per cent in the long-run and the Phillips curve will shift upwards again , this time to curve C. |
| 17 | But it knows it will only be a matter of time before unions have to become involved . |
| 18 | It will only be a matter of time before these enter the mythology of the town and join other oral traditions like the carriage in Star Lane or the Theatre ghost . |
| 19 | Remembering that any discourse data to which the analyst has access will only be a fragment , it would be extremely difficult for the analyst to predetermine the complete set of discourse subjects which participants share prior to a particular discourse fragment . |
| 20 | ‘ All metals expand when heated ’ will only be a legitimate generalization if the observations of expansion on which it is based range over a wide variety of conditions . |
| 21 | ‘ It will only be a village school . |
| 22 | It will only be a moment . ’ |
| 23 | And Booth did enough to suggest it will only be a matter of time before he is crowned national champion . |
| 24 | So those are all if you like the background , the things that do change but the fundamentals that stay the same are the design and the delivery and although we 'll look a little bit although we 've er I have to say with the numbers we 've got here today it will only be a little bit about things like question and visual aids and because of the time factor if you think about it if we 've twelve people to make four presentations or we 've eight people to make four presentations time is a little bit different and with with twelve we do n't perhaps have the luxury of time that we would with eight people which is what the course was originally designed for . |
| 25 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 26 | ‘ What pleases me is the fact that we have been creating chances and I personally feel it will only be a matter of time before we get it right . ’ |
| 27 | Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan . |