Example sentences of "'m only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only 47 . |
| 2 | I 'm only anxious that the hospital might wonder what 's happened to me . ’ |
| 3 | Well , I 'm only nineteen just now ! |
| 4 | And as to the over-imaginative way in which papers have so often treated her , she added simply : ‘ Because I 'm only young , and have lived such a short and normal life , they run out of things to say about me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 'm only young . |
| 6 | Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now … |
| 7 | which caused them to be no better , it would seem , but I 'm only young now so maybe something will happen later . |
| 8 | Darn it all , Poppa , I 'm only six months younger than he is . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm only good in support . |
| 10 | This problem must also have been worse for some people because , even though I 'm only 16 , I am 5ft 8ins . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I 'm only sixteen , ’ I said . |
| 12 | I 'm only sixteen and I 've got dishpan hands , he thought , and laughed as he stacked the plates neatly on the draining-board . |
| 13 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not letting down STG — there are now seventeen senior partners and I 'm only one of them . |
| 15 | Now I , I mean I , okay I 'm only one person , I mean is round the table is there anybody who can say that if |
| 16 | We work 24 hour shifts and I 'm only one shift . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm only one of the selectors , of course , but when we get back home we will have to start sorting out what our best team is to play against Australia during the summer . |
| 18 | No , I did n't , I 'm only one of the spokespeople . |
| 19 | At least I 'm only two away from getting them |
| 20 | Gardner 's script contains other doubtful gems such as , ‘ I keep thinking , how come I 've got kids and I 'm only eighteen years old . |
| 21 | I have a strong interest in languages , and although now we are trying to teach more languages in school , even in primary schooling , I do n't feel that within er my , I 'm only eighteen at the moment , by the time I 'm twenty five things still wo n't have came far enough along for me to utilize this skill . |
| 22 | Remember , Miss Carter wanted me to go pupil-teaching and then take a teacher 's course , well that 's one thing I could do ; it 's not too late , I 'm only twenty-two . |
| 23 | I 'm only second one now , it took me about three or four days to do that . |
| 24 | Now , moderator I 've taken yes I 'm only five out of |
| 25 | And I 'm only four |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm only sorry I did n't come to Israel 20 years ago . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm only sorry I had a prior engagement , otherwise I 'd have been here much earlier . ’ |
| 28 | " Well , dear , I 'm only sorry it did n't work . |
| 29 | ‘ Frank , I 'm only sorry if you love another woman more than me , ’ said Bathsheba in a trembling voice . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm only sorry you were not happy with our service . |