Example sentences of "he be only [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 2 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 3 | He 's only insured for eighteen thousand anyway so I said well to be perfectly honest Jim , I said I would n't of thought that the insurance company 's gon na pay out eighteen thousand quid without getting some sort insurance investigator down there to sort it out . |
| 4 | he 's only coming for an hour . |
| 5 | He 's only filming for two days . |
| 6 | He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks |
| 7 | Yes , he can continue at that level of a hundred and ninety but he 's obviously going to have to pay more , because he 's only paid for it for ten years , or he can reduce it down to the original amount . |
| 8 | She knew he was only pretending for the benefit of their audience . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in . |
| 10 | When he invited farmers through the Darlington and Stockton Times to consider growing mushrooms as a way of diversifying he received well over 100 calls although he was only looking for ten . |
| 11 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 12 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |