Example sentences of "because [pers pn] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried various methods , although I was a bit limited because I only have two-pronged transfer tools for that machine . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I only just made up my mind , ’ replied Rosie . |
| 3 | I do n't feel awkward with friends , because I only tell people who I think will understand . |
| 4 | ‘ Because I only saw the car ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'm glad I did n't buy a sling because I only used it a couple of times . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I only found the portrait — I was only able to identify the man in her diary when I had to go out to the cottage last Saturday . |
| 7 | ‘ But the names mean nothing to me because I only take note of the positions people play in . |
| 8 | ‘ But the names mean nothing to me because I only take note of the positions people play in . |
| 9 | Because I only ‘ ope it 's not the boozer . ’ |
| 10 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 11 | For me , it is because I only have half of that . |
| 12 | The Wedding Present will , at the end of this year , have had more charting singles than several proper bands with good songs and , trainspotniks , higher chart positions , too , because you only have to sell nine records in 1992 to go to Number One ( or something ) . |
| 13 | Because you only get one chance , Thing ! |
| 14 | talking , all messing each other bits up , you had about six spread round your room for that time , and it was so good and we got through it so quick , there were so few mistakes because you only ever had six maximum kids in your room at once at that was only because Terry offered to put on a video an and |
| 15 | If I do n't like playing singles , easy as doubles because you only have to put one in and it 's easier . |
| 16 | Because you only have to identify them by a name not not a |
| 17 | If you are not eligible to be put in if you do n't have a motor car then you 're discounting an enormous number of people who may have motorcycles or motor caravans or , you know , something which is perfectly valid but it invalidates the information that you think you are getting out of the file because you only put in certain perfectly reasonable , groups of er of things and i in , in , in Boots there 's a , there 's a er there 's a a wonderful expression or actually is , is the one I 'm particularly thinking about , you know we , we sell shall we say a million bottles of aspirin a year , it is in fact considerably more than that , and that is perfectly reasonable and valid and mm but in the definition of that we obviously only included what Boots the Chemists sold because that 's all the people who |
| 18 | because you only sort of need to buy one set of speakers |
| 19 | Because you only half time ! |
| 20 | Well not now because you only have Christmas trees at Christmas do n't you . |
| 21 | I suppose being realistic we could clean the car out in the evening because you only got to have the door open you 've got the interior light on |
| 22 | Yeah because I mean if there , if you 've got a high instep it still do n't matter because you only widen your laces do n't you ? |
| 23 | Now I can only remember one thing about it : a passage which refers to the death by starvation of a girl in Paris because she only had a pint of milk and a loaf of bread a day . |
| 24 | Because she only rang up very shortly before the meeting saying that she could n't come . |
| 25 | ( Our sample was obviously biased because we only spoke to couples who felt secure in the knowledge that the adoption had just been completed . ) |
| 26 | ‘ Because we only have 5 to 6 full-time care assistants , I spend a lot of time in the first interview to make sure we get the sort of person who really understands our attitude , and what we expect of them . |
| 27 | ‘ Unfortunately time is against us because we only have until next Wednesday . |
| 28 | ‘ If we move to London , become bigger , when we come back we would want to play this place but there 's the danger that the manager is not going to pay us more than a hundred quid because we only draw a certain crowd … |
| 29 | Now the , the pensions when they raised at the same time , because we only pension raised every year , and we 're up there at that particular time at the Lothian region , a full council meeting . |
| 30 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |