Example sentences of "'s only [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English is finished as a common language , but that 's only according to a Frenchman . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | It 's only flashing . |
| 4 | It 's only flashing . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's only joking , Luigi , ’ said the smaller of the two girls , a red-head . |
| 9 | It 's only reminding her of what she has n't got . ’ |
| 10 | It 's only raining I mean |
| 11 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | Ah sure he 's only staying out for a while till he gets married and that . |
| 14 | I laugh at first , and then look away , because though I know she 's only kidding , it is sexy just the same . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Her elder sister rebukes her : ‘ It 's only providing for its family ; it has a right to them . |
| 17 | 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 ! |
| 18 | But , if it 's only hanging by a thread , let it fall apart and build something new from the components . |
| 19 | The number plate 's only hanging on by one screw . |
| 20 | It 's only mucking around . |
| 21 | But he 's only buying his own |
| 22 | It 's only , it 's only screaming women I can hear ! |
| 23 | The fact that he 's only risking his career — and mine , and the government 's — does n't really make any difference . |
| 24 | So if I put , oh no it 's only throwing it in n it ? |
| 25 | ‘ She 's only saving her money , ’ I sprang to Ellen 's defence , ‘ so she has something to live on while she writes her first novel . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He 's only trying ’ to help , ’ Frank protested . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you see your mother 's only trying to convince herself your friend does n't belong here ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Like kicking the St Bernard when he 's only trying to help . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 30 | ‘ The trouble is that I know that all the time he 's only trying to ingratiate himself in order to get me to agree to a merger . |