Example sentences of "be only [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days they are only used for ceremonial occasions . |
| 2 | The slightly damp , hygroscopic pages of a book provide excellent storage for peels which are either awaiting permanent mounting or are only needed for temporary examination . |
| 3 | So we 're only looking for fourteen businesses on each assignment . |
| 4 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 5 | We are very big and therefore we 're only looking for big business , is that , is that fair comment ? |
| 6 | They 're only coming for eleven weeks , and that of course starting in June , take some holidays , and |
| 7 | I thought bloody hell Lynn you 're only waiting for fifty P , you know ? |
| 8 | ‘ Of course we were only invited for ten days or so . ’ |
| 9 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 10 | And it would have shown on the certificate , the time of birth — it 's only done for multiple births . |
| 11 | Both holes and pockets can be cut in wood or plasterboard without having to drill a starting hole : but it 's only advised for experienced users . |
| 12 | She 's only going for one class . |
| 13 | He 's only filming for two days . |
| 14 | Provision for deferred tax is only made for any differences when they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future , and no provision is usually made for deferred tax assets . |
| 15 | The man 's hair mass rocks back and forth on his rigidly stationary head like a wildly excited toupee and is only matched for unusual activity by his furiously trembling eyebrows and the cracked black toe-caps of his shoes moving up an down like wasps ' abdomens about to insert their stings . |
| 16 | The use of weights coupled with longer exercise periods is very demanding and is only intended for serious athletes . |
| 17 | My friend says that George was only gone for five minutes , but when he returned from the toilet he said that he had been captured , flown to Venus and then forced to have sex with several beautiful Venusian lasses , who required his ‘ superior seed for the creation of a cosmic super race ’ . |