Example sentences of "[is] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's only a first-year lecture . |
| 2 | It 's only a little thing , anyway . ’ |
| 3 | They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's only a few minutes left , they 'll never … wait wait , Steven has it , he 's come from nowhere and yes , he 's going for a shot ! … ’ |
| 5 | On the face of it , the Friend 3 seems the model least likely to benefit from flexibility — the thick stem interferes little with the working of the cams , both designs have the same strength rating and there 's only a few grams difference in weight between them . |
| 6 | Hatred of Jews is something that the Fascist is especially prone to , but it is n't a necessary consequence of his Fascism , and in any case it 's only a symptom , certainly not the root cause of his disease . |
| 7 | I left the cinema with a rush of questions , mainly about blood , and a wise response answered them all : ‘ It 's only a film . ’ |
| 8 | people say it 's only a film but they do n't know . |
| 9 | Fuck it , I often thought , it 's only a fucking Saturday job . |
| 10 | Those who think the modern footballer 's life is a round of ‘ boutiques , blow-waves and BMWs ’ ( as the Sun might put it ) should read Eamon Dunphy 's Only a Game ? |
| 11 | It 's only a little market , but the pavement 's pretty crowded with all these people , and I keep getting bumped . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's only a small blister , ’ said one stoic sergeant from the RAF Regiment . |
| 13 | ‘ Listen , we could go to the Baltic — ’ naming a horribly expensive café and one far beyond his means — ‘ it 's only a few stops on the bus — ’ |
| 14 | Breathes there a woman with soul so dead that she can take a trip round Bath 's exhilarating architecture without wanting to take home ‘ a touch of the Georgians ’ — even if it 's only a silver spoon ? |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , ’ said Joe Connors , a dark little man who reached forward with spatulate fingers for the corkscrew , ‘ There 's only a few of us left . ’ |
| 16 | But it 's only a tiny part of my life . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only a bird , ’ said the boy . |
| 18 | It 's only a headache . ’ |
| 19 | It 's only a rotten paper dart . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's only a bloody meal . |
| 21 | It 's only a railway station , pet , ’ said Gloria . |
| 22 | That 's only a single room . |
| 23 | He 's only a tool of his filthy rag . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's only a small one , ’ I said , ‘ three rooms and a bathhouse , with a verandah facing south . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's only a handkerchief , ’ Tumbleweed said , holding it up . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's only a bloody picture ! ’ a voice from the dead , right on cue . |
| 27 | If two people meet socially , face to face , sooner or later one of them will speak , or acknowledge in some way the presence of the other — even if it 's only a nod . |
| 28 | Plan room to ‘ breathe ’ and have space you can move into — even if it 's only a corridor where you have coffee — that gives your audience and the room a break . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's only a mile , ’ he protested , slightly hurt , not taking it . |
| 30 | ‘ After all , ’ she reminded them , ‘ she 's only a wee bit of a thing . |