Example sentences of "i be only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But Mr Carson and I are only in New York for a year , ’ Mrs Carson pointed out . |
| 2 | ‘ You mean you and I are only friends ? |
| 3 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 4 | I am only talking about the next hundred years , he wrote , perhaps even only the next decade . |
| 5 | In the same letter to Katkov Dostoevsky also claimed that the murder was itself the merest peg ; ‘ I am only taking the accomplished fact ’ ; and he went on to assert that the human type ‘ which corresponds to this crime ’ was the creature of his imagination . |
| 6 | I am only surprised that , suddenly , it 's so many . ’ |
| 7 | I am only trying to mind my own business and I do n't know whether I can prevent the compulsory purchase order . ’ |
| 8 | But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’ |
| 9 | I am only sixty-four ! |
| 10 | I am only 19 and there are lots of years ahead of me . |
| 11 | ‘ I know I am only 20 , but some days I feel about 30 so much has happened to me . ’ |
| 12 | I am only worth being used . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't want to say too much as people will think I am only concerned because if the new rules come into force it will mean Shelford ca n't play for us next season . |
| 14 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |
| 15 | I am only insisting first that this need not be the only justification for the power ( the normative power ) to commit oneself , and second , that one encourages reliance through knowingly undertaking an obligation . |
| 16 | You will understand that I am only acquainted with the members of the Institute who come here regularly — who , in essence , are the ones who work in this area . |
| 17 | I am only using jumping as an example . |
| 18 | ‘ I am only a dancer , and I 'm too old now even for that . |
| 19 | She told us : ‘ Although I am only 27 years old , I have very strong feelings regarding the war . |
| 20 | I am only guessing because we do not talk about things like that . |
| 21 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 22 | You see I am only a Feldwebel and I have no ulterior motives at all . |
| 23 | I am only interested in getting your name back to the Red Cross as soon as possible so that your mother and father will be saved unnecessary worry . |
| 24 | Receiving for me always contained a degree of embarrassment that I am only now beginning to come to terms with . |
| 25 | Forgive me , Jacques : I am only a woman , weak and fearful . |
| 26 | John will get what certificates he wants if and when he wants to I expect : I am only glad that there are so many more opportunities for adults who want to study later in life . |
| 27 | In doing so , I am only going to ‘ bracket off ’ the external influences on the local scene : I do not intend to argue that the discussion and analysis can go no further . |
| 28 | Today I am only a wee man , 5 feet 4 inches in height . |
| 29 | I am only guessing . ’ |
| 30 | However , I am only too aware that falls damage more than the dignity . |