Example sentences of "only [be] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew nothing of her trip to Bath , and supposed she had only been to visit Liddy . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ Simon said impatiently , ‘ so far there have only been passing mentions of me in the papers , but when I become famous the media interest will soar . |
| 3 | Once again the solicitor representing them said that there was not and that his clients had put him in difficulties , as he had only been given instructions a week before . |
| 4 | I have only been using LM potencies actively for about nine monthe . |
| 5 | Katharine Over has only been studying Japanese for a year , but she 's already considered good enough to act as an ambassador for Britain . |
| 6 | But yesterday Mr Hughes , 31 , a member of the Royal Photographic Society , told a Birmingham industrial tribunal he had only been showing Mrs Bevins his holiday snaps . |
| 7 | Well when he gets in the right places he 's only been doing schools and you know ? |
| 8 | The last point means that individuals need only be given training in those areas in which they have a skill shortfall . |
| 9 | Note that the user can only be given privileges which you possess ( or a subset thereof ) . |
| 10 | Applicants can only be given credits if they already fulfil the entry requirements for the programme of study and must be able to supply proof of qualifications or prior learning attainment which they are submitting in support of credit application claims . |
| 11 | The ship owner will basically only be denied limitation if the casualty was due to ‘ An act or omission done with intent to cause loss or reckless to such loss occurring ’ — Merchant Shipping Act 1979 . |
| 12 | Some teachers felt that the advisers were out of touch with the problems they were having in this respect and saw more oral work as an unrealistic expectation — that pupils did not consider oral as work and were often not prepared to listen , thus to try to do it would only be creating problems . |
| 13 | She listened to the Beatles on the radio ; it could only be to annoy Ken . |
| 14 | This includes the child who will only be granted leave if the court is satisfied that he has sufficient understanding to make the application ( s10(9) ) . |
| 15 | In any 10-year period managers should only be granted options on shares worth up to four times their annual earnings . |
| 16 | Er I hope that makes the matter clear , because when we come to make a decision on this group of amendments , er when I er seek the opinion of the er Committee on my Amendment five , I shall only be seeking agreement to Amendment five and its related amendments er eight and eleven and if the Noble Lord , Lord er if , if the House were er to disagree with my Amendment or if it were to be withdrawn and the Noble Lord , Lord amendment were , were put , I think he would agree that it would only tha that that a decision by the Committee would only relate to the amendments in his name because we have in fact four alternatives before us which we are debating together . |
| 17 | They also seemed to have what could only be snorkeling devices on the tops of their heads . |
| 18 | It is clear that these larger groups or phyla have arisen because of what can only be called co-evolution : the changes to take place in their body types have been more or less continuously in tune with evolutionary changes in their habitat or environment . |
| 19 | Although application forms can be very thorough and very revealing there are some questions which can only be asked face to face , and in an interview where a good rapport has been established . |
| 20 | There was a spattering of noise at her window that could only be thrown gravel , although she 'd never heard the sound before . |
| 21 | And he suggested that Saussure 's view of language meant that the ‘ logical continuation of structuralism can only be to rejoin literature , no longer as an ‘ object ’ of analysis , but as the activity of writing' ( 1970 : 413 ) . |
| 22 | Clearly , it is no use breaking the phosphate bond unless the ATP molecule is in just the right place ; otherwise the result would only be to heat things up . |
| 23 | He concluded by telling Scott that there was no need to hurry with the revised elevations as he would only be asking Parliament to vote sufficient for the foundations during the present session . |
| 24 | At our next meeting Mr Client I shall not only be making recommendations but I will be explaining how each recommended product works for you in great detail . |
| 25 | they can only be doing damage to th to the election chances I mean |
| 26 | Because of this the training given may be spasmodic and may follow no organised pattern , the trainee only being taught items as and when the need occurs , whilst some areas of the work may be neglected altogether , and never be officially taught to the trainee . |
| 27 | Yet the ambulance worker is only being offered £10,000 , when a fire officer is being given £13,000 and a Metropolitan police constable can earn £25,000 . |
| 28 | I WAS sad and also slightly amused to read the recent letter from a reader about the skilled worker only being offered £3 an hour . |
| 29 | So yours are already only being paid time and a half ? |
| 30 | Not only were dancing masters expected to follow their own rules of dance but they also had to conform to the rules of the Académie Royale de Musique . |