Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [is] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul is a lawyer other lawyers love to hate , but his is only one of a number of Yorkshire law firms that are sending a chill down the back of the London legal establishment . |
| 2 | ‘ But she 's only twelve now ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But she 's only wrote one letter . |
| 4 | " But she 's only just met me . " |
| 5 | Her name is Susannah — but she 's only nine . " |
| 6 | " She 's left me some money and all her furniture and things , " Sara went on , " but she 's only left me half the house . " |
| 7 | Yeah , but she 's only waiting then i n't she , outside ? |
| 8 | Oh , but she 's only a |
| 9 | Yeah but she 's only down here to get things from the cleaning cupboard and stuff . |
| 10 | ‘ But she is only eleven years old . ’ |
| 11 | Anyway we 're going to go for trap two , Smoky Amber here , now she 's a bitch that is really , I think 's going to be something special over a longer trip , erm you know a longer distance , but she is only a March eighty nine so she 's not two yet . |
| 12 | But 't is only October , she thought , and the weather as yet is mild . |
| 13 | ‘ Mr. Bishop is mistaken in thinking we are litterbugs , but he is only doing his duty in taking steps to protect Ferngrove Park . |
| 14 | My younger brother is holding my left hand but he is only vaguely present , shadowy . |
| 15 | But he is only distantly related . |
| 16 | There are plenty of other places for him to go , such as a flowerpot , but he is only ever happy in the castle . |
| 17 | This is the work of an exceptional artist , but he is only carrying further than usual ideas that occupy all archaic East Greek sculptors and are soon transmitted to those of other areas . |
| 18 | But he 's only just over a week , remember . |
| 19 | But he 's only six months old ! |
| 20 | That leaves Michael Portillo : fine , and he 's at the Treasury already , but he 's only 39 . |
| 21 | Then she thought : But he 's only here because Bert is just through that wall there . |
| 22 | " But he 's only going over for our sakes — so we can make contact . " |
| 23 | And I would like to make another quote if I may , he was the one that talked about Scotland being the land of cakes , and brother Scots , where the women made the cakes but he 's only addressing the brother Scots . |
| 24 | But he 's only buying his own |
| 25 | ‘ Mick sometimes takes off in the wagon , but he 's only too pleased to get back to Chigwell . |
| 26 | So you John now Jonathan he 's only fifteen , I know he looks in his twenties , but he 's only fifteen and he 's done a lot of homework so it makes him late and it makes him uncomfortable and he 's fidgety because he knows he 's got to disturb us when he goes out , he does n't does n't enjoy disturbing us , so I have to make that clear to you . |
| 27 | He 's written a book , but he 's only ten . |
| 28 | Yeah , but he 's only watching the |
| 29 | The thing that , that annoys me about Nigel , I did think he was a really good actor but he 's only ever angry |
| 30 | But it is only in the imagination of the Bride , of the Bachelors , of the viewer . |