Example sentences of "only [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is good work , this , Angus , it is bringing the thing home to plenty folk who have only been in it for the furore so far , for the chance to squeeze their girls in the crowd and all that kind of thing . |
| 2 | In 1967 , when Mr Ceausescu had only been in power two years , he complained about the security forces taking unjustified measures against the people . |
| 3 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 4 | Whereas nuclear weaponry had effectively only been in the hands of the U.S.A. , the development of such weapons by other nations had been increasing , so at a meeting , in December 1962 , at Nassau , Prime minister Harold Macmillan and President Kennedy , hammered out an agreement whereby Britain abandoned its plans for ‘ Skybolt ’ in return for the U.S.A. ‘ Polaris ’ missile for use by British nuclear submarines . |
| 5 | I had only been in the force five weeks . |
| 6 | The father had only been in the country six months and had no means of supporting his son . |
| 7 | I 've only been in your bed with you once and then you were as jumpy as a cat thinking that sister of yours might come back unexpectedly . |
| 8 | The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ? |
| 9 | He 's American and only been in the country two weeks . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He had only been in the house four minutes at the most when he suddenly turned to me and said : ‘ Would you come to dinner with me tonight ? ’ . |
| 11 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 12 | We have only been in post for three weeks , but this is our second confrontation with Fred . |
| 13 | Although the requirements concerning the environmental suitability of an operating centre have only been in force since June 1984 , some interesting cases have already arisen on their interpretation . |
| 14 | This showed that he had not only been in the Catalina that had sighted the Bismarck but was actually piloting it and had taken avoiding action when the Bismarck opened fire . |
| 15 | He had only been in the cellar for about one minute when the ghost appeared and he had had no time to doze . |
| 16 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 17 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |
| 18 | Exemplar , which has only been in development since the beginning of the year ( UX No 423 ) , will be used for creating , storing and retrieving application objects across multiple platforms and networks . |
| 19 | It is not the hardest peak in the Alps but it is one of the classics , and we had done it , though we had only been in the area a couple of days and had still been acclimatising . |
| 20 | Marian welcomes the more interventionist role available to the Court under the new Act which has only been in force since October 1991 . |
| 21 | Remy had only been in charge for a month and already he had a major scoop on his hands . |
| 22 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 23 | So you 've only been in Harlow since nineteen sixty three ? |
| 24 | I had only been in prison eight days . |
| 25 | The boy , who had only been in care for a short while before the incident , is now in secure accommodation . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've only been in once . |
| 27 | Although he had only been in his new job for a few days before the murder , Dave Pushell had already tried to imprint his personality on the office . |
| 28 | At the age of fourteen he obtained a scholarship to Stowe School which had only been in existence six years . |
| 29 | She had only been in office a fortnight when she gave a lecture on social services at the ICO . |
| 30 | He 'd only been in eighteen months , ’ said the Bishop , in the manner of a man who is used to a longer temporal perspective . |