Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [be] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you had your name and year at the top you could actually put a simple statement along the bottom because you 'll only be issuing it for year nine |
| 2 | So you 'll only be letting yourself down . |
| 3 | Now , what I 'd like to do , I mean it 's only sun shining out there so you 'd only be wasting your time anyway , I 'd like to consult you about moving on and getting in the next four motions on union organization . |
| 4 | I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ? |
| 5 | If there were nothing more to it than this , I would only be repeating what I said in the previous chapter about the persistence of facies . |
| 6 | Telling you the full story would only be telling you half . |
| 7 | I would only be doing it for you ! ’ |
| 8 | But he had stopped short of throwing them out , because then he would only be punishing himself . |
| 9 | This is because the aim of the exercise is to provide the participants with a practical tool for monitoring their drinking : if they want to cheat , they will only be cheating themselves . |
| 10 | If we distinguish between ‘ my body ’ and ‘ how it appears to me ’ we can only be considering what Sartre calls ‘ my body in the midst of the world ’ . |