Example sentences of "'s only a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only a hole in it , he said oh , no it 's |
| 2 | She 's with the girl who 's in that series but it 's like the American one with she 's got a male housekeeper and she it 's duri , it 's ju it 's only a comedy in the afternoon . |
| 3 | There 's only a couple on there that you ca n't use . |
| 4 | ‘ Exactly on the hour , and if she 's only a couple of minutes late , you sing out , Bainbridge , because I shall want to know . ’ |
| 5 | Now there 's only a couple of fields left , and one cow for the house . |
| 6 | It was a leased car so it 's only a couple of years old . |
| 7 | I 'm Catherine Gray , I have nothing worth taking , there 's only a couple of pounds in my purse if that 's what you 're after . |
| 8 | for the benefit of these two , there 's only a couple of sentences |
| 9 | If you spread the group up and as far as you 're concerned there 's only a couple of guys looking at you and within the group more supportive than just one big body and if you 're feeling comfortable then the chances are you retain more information and part information to not just sat there . |
| 10 | It 's only a couple of hours , it gets easy |
| 11 | Yeah , it 's only a couple of quid . |
| 12 | I wan na open it it 's only a couple of days after Christmas is n't it ? |
| 13 | No it 's only a couple of seconds . |
| 14 | Yeah well it 's only a couple of bloody pennies short of money |
| 15 | Mm , so it 's only a couple of months ' work really |
| 16 | No , no , she 's not worried , but when we took her up recently , he , he , he said it 's only a wart like that , he did n't sort of worry |
| 17 | And if the language has become a little colourful , well , it 's only a reflection on the state of the mag . |
| 18 | Mr Young said : ‘ A lot of money is needed to allow all the light rail schemes to go ahead , but it 's only a fraction of the cost of the roads budget . |
| 19 | Imagine Sun Ra and his Arkestra fumbling through a version of Funkadelic 's ‘ Maggot Brain ’ while a backbeat of earth-shaking dub hardcore metal and jazz squeal swirls in the distance … and that 's only a fragment of Praxis ' power ! |
| 20 | It 's only a voucher from Marks and Sparks . |
| 21 | But it is extremely important to remember that the teaching of undergraduate students in the eighteen to twenty-one age group is only a part , that 's the one people usually evaluate universities , but it 's only a part of the job which we do for society . |
| 22 | ‘ Steady on mate , ’ he shouted , ‘ that 's got to last all day , and there 's only a gallon in that jar . ’ |
| 23 | It 's only a problem for UK subscribers , most of whom automatically have a choice of 2 From : addresses — a long one and a short one . |
| 24 | The mind reels at such extremes of scale , yet the man responsible dismisses it lightly : ‘ It 's only a bit of fun . ’ |
| 25 | It 's only a bit of fun . |
| 26 | The physics department would tell you that chemistry 's only a bit of physics anyway . |
| 27 | And it 's only a bit of entertainment , and we must really stand up and say this is our game and , it belongs to us ! |
| 28 | That 's only a bit of them . |
| 29 | and erm , James said you not going out in this surely , yeah , yeah , it 's only a bit of rain and he come home and he was drenched right the way through top to bottom |
| 30 | If there 's only a bit of beef you have the beef and I 'll have some cheese . |