Example sentences of "'s only [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's the same colour as mum 's only much dirtier looking . ’ |
| 2 | That 's only five pound a month to earn your pension . |
| 3 | Yeah , that 's why it 's only five pound , huh , cos the box is rubbish |
| 4 | Erm , where the , the authority , not just the County Council , but the authority in the partnership , get involved in lobbying exercises with the , with the government to try to ensure that rural post offices can actually give out vehicle licences , because it 's very , if you look in the north of the county , outside the towns there 's only four post offices , I think , that can actually give out vehicle licences , and yet in the rural areas , we have a lot of people with vehicles , and we , and the way that it counts towards , the way that it counts up towards a post office 's survival , it 's these high value items are significant in keeping post offices open . |
| 5 | HORRIFIED families who thought toxic waste was being dumped near their homes were told : ‘ Do n't worry , it 's only 190,000 plastic Andrex dogs . ’ |
| 6 | It 's only metallic silver , grey . |
| 7 | It 's only standard practice ( you 'd get the same treatment were we to interview you ) and has nothing to do with fawning over ‘ stars ’ . |
| 8 | The only surviving issue is a granddaughter , Margaret , commonly called the Maid of Norway , offspring of Eric II of Norway , who married Alexander III 's only surviving daughter . |
| 9 | Florence reports under 1016 that English counsellors decided upon the exile of the much-respected ætheling Eadwig , Æthelred 's only surviving son by his first consort , and that Cnut , exulting at their abandonment of him , plotted his murder by promising honours , dignities and favour to the nobleman Æthelweard in return for Eadwig 's head . |
| 10 | Throughout the session I 'm the one required to do all the talking and there 's only intermittent participation from the therapist . |
| 11 | Second-placed Reggiana beat Lucchese 2-1 on Sunday to maintain Serie B 's only unbeaten record with five wins and four draws , leaving them two points behind Cremonese . |
| 12 | he 's only six foot five . |
| 13 | And that you know so er but it 's only well blackmail . |
| 14 | It 's only dirty play if there is intent there . |
| 15 | It 's only polymorphous perversity — DQ ) . |
| 16 | and that 's only blue tack . |
| 17 | It 's only bloody luxury I 've got in life , smoking . |
| 18 | Yes yes she 's she she 's great well she ca n't meet other dogs yet cos she 's only nine week old . |
| 19 | That 's only live stuff , really live , the night crew can do the rest , just about . |
| 20 | Well I cos it 's only hundred pound in n it ? |
| 21 | Erm , it 's only general filling er , and it was mainly to develop assertiveness skills and confidence in putting forward your own ideas . |
| 22 | I think , I mean , one way is for editors with similar jobs to get together and do a generic one erm but there 's only one editor amongst us so you have no-one together with unless you want to find somebody in another group , but I do n't think it 's going to really serve very much purpose . |
| 23 | No that 's a that 's a that 's it 's only one size but we should have that recorded as a |
| 24 | There 's only one shield , and that 's the charity shield . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's only one swallow left . |
| 26 | I , i , it 's only one drawer ! |
| 27 | He said : ‘ He 's only one voice and a pathetically uneducated and ignorant one . ’ |
| 28 | That 's only one half of the parabola . |
| 29 | He himself , by his own self justifying account , was giving the President the facts and pointing out the alternatives ; North , speaking the language of military tactics , was for ‘ boxing him in so there 's only one way he can go — the right way . ’ |
| 30 | I said , ‘ There 's only one way to go — right across the out-of-bounds . ’ |