Example sentences of "[am/are] only an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am only an interpreter of what 's going down with my generation . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For example , it is possible that clinical cases are only an extreme form of a normal reaction to the short winter days . |
| 4 | The times are only an indication of when results are due . |
| 5 | Numbers are very small , and of course tabular data are only an extremely crude summary of a very complex range of feelings ; however ( excluding those whose attitudes were not known or impossible to summarise ) , it appears that three carers in the action samples felt the strain had lightened , four that it had remained the same and five that it had worsened . |
| 6 | In fact , its sense organs and body are only an outward expression of this inward patterning , which we call instinct . |
| 7 | When wet nights are only an occasional problem try and see whether there is any pattern . |
| 8 | But even if you do have to pretend , just this once , that you are only an ordinary tourist , that trip will live in your memory , even if it is n't entered in your log-book . |
| 9 | ‘ They are only an average valleys side who change in the pub , ’ he chuckles . |
| 10 | The insects are only an annoyance on the rare days when there is n't a breeze blowing , and are more than compensated for by the wealth of bird life in the area And it is not only birds . |
| 11 | To the West are the rugged moors of Brontë Country , and the magnificent Dales and Peaks are only an hour 's drive away . |
| 12 | While the negotiability of international bills of exchange was recognized as early as 1603 , and of domestic bills less than a hundred years later , Chief Justice Holt refused to extend the principle to promissory notes , which ‘ are only an invention of the goldsmiths in Lombard Street , who had a mind to make a law to bind all those that did deal with them ’ . |
| 13 | Even the National Front are only an extension of a marked allegiance to patriotism , authority and the Government . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're only an hour late , ’ she said with staccato coolness . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're only an overgrown kid ! |
| 16 | S thirty one , if we book it in advance we can get in S thirty one downstairs in the canteen , cos we 're only an hour and half , two hours meeting |
| 17 | I 'm only an ordinary runner . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm only an 'omeless girl out of an orphanage ; you 're the clever one . |
| 19 | ‘ Now , what I have to say , and remember , I 'm only an agent , I do n't speak for myself , is that this young man has great expectations . ’ |
| 20 | Of course I 'm only an ignorant peasant and I do n't understand these things . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm only an underling . ’ |