Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] only [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 2 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 3 | Erm , on page thirty you talk about the erm Employer 's Federation in the er minimum terms and conditions , well I 'm only hoping that my own firm Securicor do n't have any er input into that , because er as you know they unilaterally reduced all the terms and conditions Securicor guarding and cleaning recently erm I 'd like to know when we intend meeting with Securicor Cleaner I do know you 've written to them on a number of occasions and their refusal to meet with us . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm only saying that he might be . ’ |
| 5 | No I was only thinking that when you talk about |
| 6 | ‘ I was only thinking that if you 're always so high-handed in your dealings with people it 's a wonder you have n't had your come-uppance . ’ |
| 7 | Well I was only thinking that there 's not much on the television so |
| 8 | ‘ I was only called that because all I had when I came here was my duffle coat . ’ |
| 9 | Right so you 're only ask that you did n't underline and that your illustrations could be better as well and the handwriting is a bit spidery , right , good , brave , right , go on |
| 10 | ‘ You 're only saying that because Gloria did my hair so nicely this morning . ’ |
| 11 | Yes but surely Alexander you 're , you 're only saying that er you do n't er , the more you golf . |
| 12 | Do n't you think they 're only using that as |
| 13 | Role ‘ It is only fitting that the standard of his office should reflect his role . |
| 14 | After all in an age where everyone is becoming more environmentally aware , perhaps it is only fitting that even artists are getting into recycling . |
| 15 | When families like those in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett hold on to their houses at all costs , it is only to discover that their houses hold on to them . |
| 16 | Before any committal warrant is issued , the magistrates court must hold a means inquiry , and it is only following that that a warrant can be issued . |
| 17 | He is only saying that after a certain point in his life he himself did not doubt . |
| 18 | Dining in the perfect Jacobean hall of Trinity it was only fitting that we should wear dinner jackets ( Hooray for a touch of elitism ! ) |
| 19 | As usual , pace dominated the bowling , both in the Cup and in the A team series , and it was only fitting that Kenneth Benjamin should have been the latest addition to the Test attack . |
| 20 | Others claim to have never really supported the incorrect view in the first place or , if they did , it was only to show that it was inconsistent . |