Example sentences of "[am/are] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am only a dancer , and I 'm too old now even for that . |
| 2 | You see I am only a Feldwebel and I have no ulterior motives at all . |
| 3 | Forgive me , Jacques : I am only a woman , weak and fearful . |
| 4 | Today I am only a wee man , 5 feet 4 inches in height . |
| 5 | ‘ I am only a poor woman and I have had no time to prepare my place properly . |
| 6 | I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . |
| 7 | ‘ I am only a humble security adviser , Mr Nadirpur . |
| 8 | ‘ I have , ’ he answered slowly , ‘ but remember I am only a poor country vicar , and ca n't offer you a job with a high salary , so you may not wish to accept it . |
| 9 | I am not his private confidant , I am only a cook , remember . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I am only a secretary at the château . |
| 11 | ‘ As you may have noticed , Cornelius , I am only a small person . |
| 12 | ‘ He knows of your feelings towards me , and I am only a passing stranger . |
| 13 | I am only a man like any other , and you are a very pretty girl . |
| 14 | I know I am only a layman , but I seem to remember that when the pits were taken over by the government , they became the property of the people to be run by the government . |
| 15 | I am only the carrier . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course I am only the humble second wife . |
| 17 | After all , ’ he said lazily , ‘ I am only the carpenter . ’ |
| 18 | has already crapped himself about the visit cause extra work of course but er the er however we should er revert maybe we 'll keep an eye on the schedule and things er but we we need to tie it up tight so we do n't get a cos I mean what 's being said now in the corridors of power is that the schedule is totally sales driven and it 's the sales department that 's put it together , I am only the administrator , I only I d I completely take my orders from the sales department quote unquote in front of everybody at the management meeting . |
| 19 | I am only the Prince of Cordia . ’ |
| 20 | I am only an interpreter of what 's going down with my generation . ’ |
| 21 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 22 | Interpretation of iconography , the historical context of works , or personal information about sitters for portraits are only a few of the varied topics which can be spelt out in catalogues . |
| 23 | They are a reality , whereas the guerrillas are only a dream — phantasmagorical . |
| 24 | The above examples are only a few of those showing how conventional ports de bras can be changed . |
| 25 | But experts warned computer users that Friday 13th viruses are only a tiny proportion of the 30 or so known types of virus which exist , and that they would be wise to keep taking precautions . |
| 26 | In Easton , there are only a few policewomen attached to each section . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you realise that the enemy are only a few yards from these positions ? |
| 28 | In discussing a different though related issue , Lacan observes that ‘ the latest developments in modern thought on language ’ are only a rediscovery of what was already known to Augustine , who ‘ orients his entire dialectic around these three poles , error , mistake , ambiguity of speech ’ . |
| 29 | It has also shown that they are only a part of the explanation of Africa 's problems ; a difficult agricultural base , the inequalities of the world trading system , the sometimes exploitative role of multinational companies have also had a major part to play . |
| 30 | By the time we meet Odd-Knut coming back to find us we are only a few hundred metres from the camp . |