Example sentences of "[pers pn] be only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ , I seem to be saying where I am only because there is another use of ‘ Here ’ , as for example in answer to ‘ Where 's the thimble ? ’ , in which I am saying where something is . |
| 2 | It 's only that I can not stand possessiveness , it diminishes people . ’ |
| 3 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's only that I think , maybe , that it 's more the vice of America — no , not vice , I do n't think , but difficulty — to be moralistic in politics . |
| 5 | It 's only that she might be passed out in the back yard . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's only that this is such a vast place , ’ said Snodgrass , firmly . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only that we 'd like to see you happy … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 9 | " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . " |
| 10 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 11 | It 's only that I 'm sharing text books with the others |
| 12 | It maybe faithful for a long time , perhaps you build up that trust , and it 's only once you 've got beyond that , that you can then begin to actually influence er , negotiate with them . |
| 13 | It 's only while they stay so in-house as a D S O , that we have to be so careful about what we do and what we do n't . |
| 14 | It 's only after I 've mastered the basic moves that I can begin to concentrate on the emotions . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm strong in mind , too , though it 's only since the kids that I 've got more patient and confident . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's only since we saw the video that we found out whose boot it was . |
| 17 | That one of Selby 's you know it was fine until they put an extension in just er a key station as soon as they did that this one started acting up , so he said it 's only since we did that , he said it happened the day after we put that in , I said okay , disconnected it , still did it , disconnected it at the , end here , still did it , erased it from the program so it did n't even know it existed , still did it |
| 18 | It 's only since the Second World War I think that a few nations , especially the , the , the highly socialist ones with a strong erm directed policy of sports , in sports and education , have begun to put an amount of effort into sports training which the less socialistic and less state concentrated countries like our own have found a , a bit offensive . |
| 19 | Right okay I 'm not quite sure who you 've got ta see , but erm if we go back round that way it 's only so you |
| 20 | He admits : ‘ The verdict was such a shock , but it 's only as time goes by you realise what the implications are . |
| 21 | It 's only as you begin to come out of the Ketamine state that you begin to appreciate where you are or where you 've been . |
| 22 | It 's only as their wardrobes become full that the problem arises ; garments that turn out the wrong size are going to fill one person 's space more than another 's . |
| 23 | And it 's only as we fulfil our function with the body . |
| 24 | It 's only and suggestions . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
| 26 | It 's only because there 's a dearth of available women out here , he told himself sternly . |
| 27 | But no , it 's only because he reminds me a bit of him , that gloomy bit , that deep bit , that bit that dominated when his head sank into his shoulders and his mouth turned down and the light went from his eyes , that bit that took over when he resisted and turned inwards and moped . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , it 's only because you gave me a leg-up at the beginning , explaining the theory and such . ’ |
| 29 | A leading right winger in the party said yesterday : ‘ It 's only because Michael Heseltine and Kenneth Clarke are such Euro-fanatics that there is no serious talk about a challenge . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , lad , it 's only because I think you 're worth somebody better than her . |