Example sentences of "[is] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keepers can have the one off season … to be fair this season AFAIK he s only made the one ‘ howler ’ . |
| 2 | She 's only to give an envelope to Louise . |
| 3 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 4 | Well he 's only put it on one side . |
| 5 | English is finished as a common language , but that 's only according to a Frenchman . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't worry , Mrs Aggie , ’ she said ; ‘ I 'll get me own back on her before I leave this place , you 'll see , if it 's only kicking her shins . ’ |
| 7 | He 's only charged with one offence of criminal deception at the moment . |
| 8 | He 's only charged with one offence of criminal deception at the moment . |
| 9 | Barbara thank you , and the number of that line is O three four five O one O two O three , that 's O three four five O one O two O three and it 's , and it 's only charged at local prices I understand . |
| 10 | It 's only flashing . |
| 11 | It 's only flashing . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 13 | We talked about how fast you can make a 1.1 MkII Escort run when it 's only firing on three cylinders and how to make it run on three cylinders when it wants to run on just two . |
| 14 | Matthew 's brown eyes were everywhere ; occasionally they met Wycliffe 's only to flit away again . |
| 15 | He 's only run twice in the last year , but he could n't have better owners . |
| 16 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's only joking , Luigi , ’ said the smaller of the two girls , a red-head . |
| 18 | It 's only reminding her of what she has n't got . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Not likely , missis ; it 's only Jem keeping his Poll in order . |
| 21 | It 's only raining I mean |
| 22 | and things like that and it only , it 's only become and really it 's only actually set up as a business school quite recently as well , I mean what in the past ten years or something |
| 23 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 24 | No she 's only staying tonight and they think , they just phoned me up then and they were on the square , I think she 's going home phorr what 's that smell , it stinks what ? |
| 25 | Ah sure he 's only staying out for a while till he gets married and that . |
| 26 | I laugh at first , and then look away , because though I know she 's only kidding , it is sexy just the same . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Her elder sister rebukes her : ‘ It 's only providing for its family ; it has a right to them . |
| 29 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 30 | ‘ But she 's only wrote one letter . |