Example sentences of "[be] only because i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's only because I know you so well , Peachcake . |
| 3 | It 's only because I know Rome quite well that they 've asked me — Athens I do n't know at all . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , lad , it 's only because I think you 're worth somebody better than her . |
| 5 | If the truth were known , it is only because I have for so long been lonely that I welcome demands for help . |
| 6 | And therefore it is only because I believe this particular phrase is quite literally to do with the very crux , the very cross , of our Christian understanding that I bring it before the general assembly . |
| 7 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
| 8 | And then it was only because I knew I was going to have to leave at the crack of dawn on Friday , and I would n't have time to fix anything up . ’ |