Example sentences of "[coord] he is only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clever Folly has made great improvement this season , winning three of his five races and he is only 1lb out of the handicap . |
| 2 | All this , and he is only 40 . |
| 3 | The Doctor manages to steal and activate the Time Destructor , but although the Dalek invasion force is wiped out Sara ages to death before his eyes , and he is only just rescued by Steven . |
| 4 | Shylock says himself that it is not only a Jewish teaching , it is also a Christian 's way of thought , and he is only doing what a Christian would do : ( Act 3 , Scene 1 , lines 54–55 ) |
| 5 | But in the former case the plaintiff will have a capital asset in his hands , and he is only entitled to recover damages to compensate him for the additional expenditure involved . |
| 6 | A star of the chess world at just ten Jay Stockham is already a star in the world of junior British chess and he is only ten . |
| 7 | Although Bob 's command of Serbo-Croat is non-existent and he is only at the early stages of learning Russian the Causevics ' second language — he has enlisted the help of a friend , native Yugoslav Maria Delahunty , to act as an interpreter . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr. Bishop is mistaken in thinking we are litterbugs , but he is only doing his duty in taking steps to protect Ferngrove Park . |
| 9 | My younger brother is holding my left hand but he is only vaguely present , shadowy . |
| 10 | But he is only distantly related . |
| 11 | There are plenty of other places for him to go , such as a flowerpot , but he is only ever happy in the castle . |
| 12 | This is the work of an exceptional artist , but he is only carrying further than usual ideas that occupy all archaic East Greek sculptors and are soon transmitted to those of other areas . |