Example sentences of "she [be] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Injecting a note of surprise into her voice as though she were only now aware of her presence , she greeted , ‘ Hello again , Mrs Beeson . |
| 2 | she goes , she started being a cocky little bitch , she 's only fucking nineteen |
| 3 | So she 's only here temporary , so to speak . |
| 4 | It 's only here temporarily she 's only here temporarily she added . |
| 5 | She 's only just moved to Berlin so I do n't know much about her — these provincials … |
| 6 | She 's only just changed me back . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But darling , she 's only just eighteen , ’ Nora said to Louise , ‘ and she 's not trained for anything . |
| 8 | After all , she 's only just heard of it herself . ’ |
| 9 | " But she 's only just met me . " |
| 10 | ‘ She 's always telephoning her , even if she 's only just left the house . ’ |
| 11 | Oh she 's only just having |
| 12 | Penny that come today she 's a horse fanatic , she 's only just sold her own , her own horse , but oh they 're out of this world , absolutely , were n't they , they were just stunning . |
| 13 | Well she 's only just joined the human race when she 's had a fag and a cup of coffee . |
| 14 | Six months , and you 'll be , three fifty , and she 's only just started getting three quid . |
| 15 | She 's only upstairs . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She 's only slightly barmy , and even schizophrenics need a reason to be violent , real or imagined . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She 's only away . ’ |
| 18 | She 's only once tried to make some bread . |
| 19 | Except for one year when she lost a pound ; I think she 's only recently given up searching for it . |
| 20 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |
| 21 | She says they 've got a student teacher , she 's only about twenty three . |
| 22 | Oh yeah , she 's only about four foot ten |
| 23 | only she 's only about forty eight and Peter 's about |
| 24 | I mean , she 's only about eighteen and she , she hates |
| 25 | At length the little lad grabs her sleeve and becomes insistent , and she is only just in time with the sick bag . |
| 26 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 27 | It is well known that the Princess wanted ‘ out ’ of the Royal Family , but to her fellow passengers it was also clear she is only now coming to terms with the fact that she really is out — and quite alone . |
| 28 | Housewife Vanessa MacMahon , 38 , whose three-year-old daughter Katharine has leukaemia , said : ‘ You can phone Katharine 's doctor at any time with any problem and she is only too glad to help . |
| 29 | Conscious that she was only scantily dressed , Sarella gave him a weighing glance . |
| 30 | She was only just in time to escape being knocked down . |