Example sentences of "only [be] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er sometimes that has been known and it would be right to , for a youngster to sort of through their mother and father to take it back and say well look er can we have another one , but that would only be on a rare occasion , but if we 're given an assignment in the congregation then , especially in a |
| 2 | In the Daily Mail , Pamella 's story became the tale of a ‘ sickeningly self-obsessed , utterly immoral and unashamedly amoral … call-girl ’ , ‘ an avaricious , manipulative woman with a beautiful face … a pathetic figure whose life can now only be on a downward slope . ’ |
| 3 | It would only be for a few days , of course . |
| 4 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 5 | Because it would only be for a short time , Lucien 's parents had decided it would not be a religious transgression for his aunt Pershti , his mother 's lover , to look after him . |
| 6 | Maria objected strongly but Noreen had said it would only be for a little while until she went back to school in New York , now that Noreen had money enough to get them their own place . |
| 7 | and I mean I 've got s it 's not as bad going back from here cos it 'll only be about a six hour then . |
| 8 | If the Christians obtained their enlarged Lebanon , they would only be in a small majority over the Sunni and Shia Muslims . |
| 9 | As I investigated further , it seemed to become clear that if this question could be answered it could only be in a complex way . |
| 10 | If he does run again this year , it will only be in a little race . ’ |
| 11 | If the Ruritanian tributary was to flow into the country of junior fiction , it could only be in a narrower channel . |