Example sentences of "[pron] [be] only [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing so , I am only going to ‘ bracket off ’ the external influences on the local scene : I do not intend to argue that the discussion and analysis can go no further . |
| 2 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 3 | Then she added , ‘ Well , I 'm only going to be here for three weeks . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 5 | I 've got ta , I think people are so un-organised with Christmas , you 've got to be organised , you 've got to say like , you know , I 'm only going to those shops , you know , if like like now , say so we went in Boots |
| 6 | Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean . |
| 7 | well I mean I 'm only trying to get you to pick to pick it up one wee thing from every time I said , do have a chat with you , that 's what we always say , I 'm not expecting you to pick up anything else I 've said to you tonight cos I 'm only talking to you in general terms , but if you pick up one wee thing , right , story close |
| 8 | I were only saying to a lady this morning about ee aye our Emma used to come to Leyland with a a wad of ten shilling notes new and we 'd go to er Southport would n't we ? |
| 9 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ I was only trying to be helpful . |
| 11 | I said walkers should make a courtesy check with estates when doing a specific trek in Wester Ross , but I was only referring to the peak of the stalking period — mid-August to mid October — and not the whole year . , |
| 12 | Yeah that 's the numbers linked to the division , erm Cynthia I mean I was only going to be looking at N Y C C and C S S S funded staff , yeah ? |
| 13 | Well I was only going to sleep Jo , I was n't doing anything , I 'm just tired . |
| 14 | I was only talking to her yesterday , I thought you 'd come in and asked her ? |
| 15 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 16 | I was only saying to young Joe earlier , we really should have two on . |
| 17 | Voice input and output offer possibilities which are only beginning to be explored . |
| 18 | In terms of an acquisition you are only trying to ‘ beat ’ rival buyers and perhaps alternative options for the seller , such as flotation , by selling yourself and your deal . |
| 19 | is it a contentious issue erm ho how is the criticized , very very short , because you are only going to be writing for about a page , a page and a half , right , so just make sure that every sentence or every other sentence carries a new bit of information and then people say , good , this person knows everything about this subject , full marks and you and er but it 's all too easy to , to focus on one or two aspects of say a question on trade or er er Harrison Todaro model of migration . |
| 20 | Well you 're only going to grandma 's . |
| 21 | and he probably would n't mind that you were only going to be there for a year or two you know he 's getting |
| 22 | Days ago she had decided to be good — she was being quite good — but she was only pretending to be good so far and all this appreciation was as yet undeserved . |
| 23 | she was only pointing to an overflow culvert . |
| 24 | Spokesman Sylvia Rigby said : ‘ They seem to think we are only objecting to the level of the charge but we are against it all together . ’ |
| 25 | I 've played all over Europe , although we are only going to Scotland , England and Wales on this trip . ’ |
| 26 | we have always got the bulk we are only going to be in Woking an hour . |
| 27 | ‘ We 're only going to the old registry office , ’ she says . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're only going to the movies . ’ |
| 29 | We 're only going to Blackpool . |
| 30 | Yeah we 're not going to , I mean we 're only going to we 're , we 're |