Example sentences of "'ve only be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned her face towards him there was a twinkle in her round brown eyes and a touch of sarcasm in her tone as she answered , ‘ No , sergeant , no ; I 've only been up since half-past six . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've only been abed these two days . ’ |
| 3 | " I 've only been upstairs a short while . " |
| 4 | I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , we 've only been here a couple of days . |
| 7 | They 've only been here once , just after Christmas . ‘ |
| 8 | We 've only been here three quarters of an hour ! |
| 9 | After all , I 've only been here five years ! |
| 10 | I 've only been here a little while , looking after Aunt — ’ |
| 11 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ My God , you 've only been here a week , and already … ’ |
| 13 | I 've only been here a month meself , and I 'm on nights for the extra money . |
| 14 | What we 're trying to do is say look , you are senior people in this company because although you 've only been here a short period of time , but you 're still very senior people . |
| 15 | You 've only been here a few days . |
| 16 | I 've only been here four years we had the white one remember the gas one got certified dangerous ? |
| 17 | I 've only been here three years now ! |
| 18 | And they 've only been here , what , two weeks ? |
| 19 | that 's your first time round , we 've only been round twice |
| 20 | I have n't been as far down there , I 've only been as far as the doctor 's surgery , down that road . |
| 21 | I 've only been out of prison three months . |
| 22 | We 've only been out five minutes . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't dislike it , but I 've only been out with Charles about three times … ’ |
| 24 | I 've only been once . |
| 25 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 26 | But I 've only been there one day — half a day , really , since I took a good bit of time off this afternoon to talk to you . |
| 27 | You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life . |
| 28 | I 've only been there once — I took a friend with her small boy . |
| 29 | I 've only been there once and I thought he did n't like me much , but now he wants me to do a dozen PDs tomorrow . ’ |
| 30 | It 's very good — we 've only been there two days and could n't even scratch the surface . |