Example sentences of "[vb base] only been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've only been asleep a few hours . ’ |
| 2 | I 've only been twelve months waiting for a |
| 3 | ‘ They 've only been married 15 days . |
| 4 | I 've only been awake three minutes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
| 6 | People in my trade are supposed to be able to help , but I 've only been able to come up with the old platitude : ‘ Do n't buy a £500 car from a dealer because you 'll only get £100 worth of vehicle — the rest will be profit . ’ |
| 7 | You 've only been able to get through the last four years by not thinking about it . |
| 8 | And they have a bill , an bill of two hundred and fifty four pounds for the lighting , erm they think it 's an important community opportunity to have good entertainment on their doorstep , and they 've only been able to balance their proposed production this year , by putting up the price by fifty pence . |
| 9 | In past years erm in the British Isles especially with the British Met Office , we 've only been able really to study part of the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere . |
| 10 | I 've only been ill once — in 1969 with 24-hour ‘ flu — so visiting surgeries is a novel experience ( which is palling fast ) . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've only been ill since Saturday evening and of course yesterday was Sunday and most people stay in bed anyway then . ’ |
| 12 | I 've only been operational for four months and yet already people are beginning to seek me out . |
| 13 | In the thirty-two years that have passed since Suez , there have only been four such occasions when the wheel has been put over : |
| 14 | Many of the new innovations have only been possible because of the company 's commitment to total quality management ( TQM ) . |
| 15 | Bought deals have only been possible with Big Bang and the advent of large well capitalised securities firms , but the risks being taken on are extremely large . |
| 16 | Rektum will spend the money on reassembling their career in a less pressurised climate : up to now their recordings have only been available on bootleg cassettes , while their live performances have taken place exclusively underground . |
| 17 | 88open has decided to offer its system and application compatibility test suites — ITS/88 , AVS/88 and ACT/88 — to industry consortia and companies : although to date they have only been available for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC based systems , interested parties would presumably customise the sets for other architectures . |
| 18 | National data on the proportion of households sharing kitchens , bathrooms , and other amenities have only been available from the census since 1951 . |
| 19 | So far over the two days there have only been five sub par rounds out of the 186 played . |
| 20 | There was an outbreak of infection with this organism in Liverpool in 1976 , which was thankfully controlled by dint of exhaustive contact-tracing , and there have only been sporadic single cases since then , mostly imported from abroad . |
| 21 | In striking contrast to the spring pattern the numbers seen in autumn have , if anything , diminished , although the picture is somewhat distorted by the exceptional occurrence of 21 at Camber on 8 October 1966 ; there have only been three other October records since 1947 . |
| 22 | Since 1969 when the procedure was brought into effect there have only been three review boards , though AIB have conducted something like fifteen inspector 's investigations each year . |
| 23 | Mr Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar station , said : ‘ In the whole history of Redcar lifeboat there have only been three medals one was a gold , another a silver . |
| 24 | In these appeals we have only been concerned with the obligation to give the contemnor this written record , but in most of the reported cases there have been other breaches of procedures in addition to a breach of this nature . |
| 25 | Many insects can detect ultraviolet light , while the vision of the common goldfish ranges from ultraviolet to far-red : achievements that we have only been able to equal in recent years with the development of sophisticated electronic equipment . |
| 26 | But the Americans have only been able to perform this leadership role because other people are paying , without demanding control of the operation . |
| 27 | Until now , doctors have only been able to CONFIRM the disease after death . |
| 28 | ‘ Candidates have been ringing from all over the country wanting copies ; I have only been able to get my hands on two copies yet , ’ she said . |
| 29 | There have only been brief respites . |
| 30 | Mr Kelloway says there have only been minor teething problems and he is satisfied the machine is ready for production . |