Example sentences of "[be] only an [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Raoul , remember she is only an opera singer . |
| 2 | It was standing , though , but it was only an hour play . |
| 3 | Despite the referendum result , opponents of the change argued that the vote was only an opinion poll and had no legal force ; the original decision to name the city after Lenin having been taken by the USSR Supreme Soviet , they claimed , it could only be rescinded by its modern equivalent — the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 4 | Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses . |
| 5 | He was only an office worker , of course , a clerk of sorts , Sally had said , not quite in the class that Paula intended to aim at , but very presentable for all that . |