Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] merely [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am merely a dyke-hag . |
| 2 | I am merely an ordinary man . |
| 3 | ‘ I am merely the messenger . |
| 4 | I 'm merely an administrator , an organizer . |
| 5 | You are merely a little anxious — perhaps you have a problem on your mind , some emotional conflict ? |
| 6 | You could be an intruder , an interloper , but with only the sound of your bubbles escaping and wobbling upwards , you are merely a privileged observer , watching but not touching . |
| 7 | However , if you are merely a dabbler in the drawings game then having access to the full US Geological Survey topographic patterns , architectural and other standards may well be of little significance . |
| 8 | You are merely a woman who pretends to be fierce and , after all , you have been manoeuvred by men in spite of your supposed ability to take on all comers . |
| 9 | You are merely the latest grievance , especially since you , I understand , are insisting that the murder of Con Meredith-Lee was not the work of freedom fighters from the neighbouring island . ’ |
| 10 | Avoid situations where you are merely an added attraction or gimmick ! |
| 11 | Possibly you 're merely a cat's-paw of older and cleverer men … ’ |
| 12 | I would not have you think that we are merely a national soup-kitchen society ! ’ |
| 13 | And we are merely the precursors of generations who will harness the great life-force of electricity ! ’ |
| 14 | A former senior minister who has been through many spending rounds says we take them all much too seriously , they are merely a mating ritual , he says , adding , and a barren one at that , no offspring . |
| 15 | The Committee considers that " true education " is most readily and completely available through the works of English literature , while also emphasizing its difference from mere " book learning " : " Books are not things in themselves , they are merely the instruments through which we hear the voices of those who have known life better than ourselves " . |
| 16 | They 're merely the result of a feeling of dissatisfaction . |