Example sentences of "[pron] [be] only [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When I listen to my radio I am only marking time . |
2 | But now I 'm just deciding I 'll live off invalidity benefit for a wee while longer , leaving that in the hands of my my managing director and somebody else and the money that 's coming through from the Queen and whatever I 'm just gon na live on invalidity benefit , I 'm only drawing invalidity benefit , I 'm not gon na get any more money than invalidity benefit . |
3 | No I was only garrison artillery on guns . |
4 | Do n't forget you 're only putting , you 're only part time , you 're pushing to do your work hard |
5 | Rachaela said , ‘ There 's only carton milk . ’ |
6 | There was only booking Amnesty ? |
7 | He thought that the Capra film had made ‘ greenish grass grow where there was only alkali dust before ’ because it consistently preferred ‘ the light touch to the heavy ’ and used actors ‘ who are thoroughly up to the work of acting ’ . |
8 | Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying , so there was only routine work to attend to . |
9 | It 's only surface calm . |
10 | Yes , it 's only half term . |
11 | I 'm afraid I think it 's only junk mail , but it 's addressed to you . ’ |
12 | but there again it 's only hand feed , you 've , you got to have a , a machine that can feed on to take this tubing |
13 | Well th if it 's only , if it 's only term assurance there 's no units involved anyway . |
14 | It 's only breast milk it 's like that , if they have bottles , bottled milk it 's more solid from the beginning , but it 's not nice , this is n't bad , messy , but it 's not smelly . |
15 | It 's only Lucozade dear . |
16 | it 's only frame collapse . |
17 | What are they now ? it 's only paper money , what 's it matter ? |
18 | Not all commercials have music , but most do , even if it is only background music bought from a library of such material . |
19 | > It is only Apolline art that seeks to replace suffering by beauty . |
20 | It was only tomato sauce , after all ! |
21 | Because you see that surface water , it was only surface water , because when that boat was drifting there was an awful lot of movement . |
22 | It was only Operation Eagle that saved him and his men from the penal unit they were serving in . ’ |
23 | More importantly , it was only Biscuit Bomber left in Australia . |
24 | It was only family loyalty that prevented Lucy from admitting that her aunt 's references to her dear Tom had never sounded convincing , and , giving a small sigh , she said , ‘ Perhaps I understand more than you realise . ’ |
25 | Before it was only pet shop owners who were entertained ! |
26 | It was only summer timber thing , you know . |
27 | I 'm sure I seen it , or was it , less it was only club book I seen it in . |