Example sentences of "[be] only for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 2 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 3 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 4 | Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit . |
| 5 | Always close and lock all doors and windows when you leave your caravan — even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 6 | To protect your bike , always lock it every time you leave it , even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 7 | Er making yourself feel good even if it 's only for a short time . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's only for a few days , Elinor , and it 's just an hour and a half away from London . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's only for a time , ’ Fred said on the last night of the tour . |
| 10 | It 's only for a little while . |
| 11 | You must get away , even if it 's only for a couple of days . |
| 12 | Anyway , it 's only for a few weeks , you said . |
| 13 | ‘ Even if it 's only for a couple of hours , I have to go to bed . ’ |
| 14 | It 's only for a week or so . ’ |
| 15 | It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . |
| 16 | Also , he 's supposed to have had an insurance policies but General Accident said it 's only for a year and he took it out in seventy seven to nineteen seventy eight . |
| 17 | So I said if it 's only for a mile it 's going to be well less than a minute at eighty , presuming you were doing more than thereabouts and er that was it . |
| 18 | I am a bit annoyed so I said do n't get messed about I said this is the whole point cos if , if you get over there and there 's and it 's only for a bloody week it 'll be annoying . |
| 19 | but , it 's only for a day , so you do n't really know |
| 20 | Cover the treatment bath to prevent the fish jumping out , even if the bath is only for a minute or two . |
| 21 | Roman Catholicism has been more in line with the other great world religions in insisting that mysticism is only for a few chosen souls and that , unless one has this special propensity , mysticism can be a serious health threat . |
| 22 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 23 | However , there is no official going rate for estate agency fees and if individual agents are prepared to cut their fees , this is only for a business reason . |
| 24 | But it was only for a moment . |
| 25 | This crossed with Trevelyan 's letter , so he wrote again on 12th December , pointing out that the £30,000 voted by Parliament was only for a portion of the site authorized and that an additional £80,000 would be required to purchase the whole area . |
| 26 | For a moment I wondered if I would be able to catch him , but it was only for a moment . |
| 27 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 28 | I told myself it was only for a while . |
| 29 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 30 | They envied us our escape — if it was only for a year — from that city 's dread social and financial crises . |