Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] have [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 2 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I know that , ’ Candy returned ruefully , ‘ and it 's always been the bane of my life that you can eat your way through a tuckshop without gaining a pound while I only have to look at a picture of a cream cake to make the scales groan . ’ |
| 4 | I just have to look at the list of this cos I always tend to forget this . |
| 5 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 6 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 7 | You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . |
| 8 | ‘ You only have to look at a picture of him when he resigned and compare it with one from six months beforehand . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem . |
| 10 | You only have to look at the balance sheet its treasurer John Lister will present to its annual meeting in December , a million pounds sitting on reserve . |
| 11 | - Elizabeth Rex , chairman of the Harwich Conservative Association ‘ You only have to look at the way we have annoyed the Establishment and the professions to gauge the success of our populist policies . ’ |
| 12 | If you want an illustration of that you only have to look at the words of President Reagan . |
| 13 | You only have to look at the number of visitors going to places such as Nepal er to see the increase there , to see how important this connection be . |
| 14 | You only have to look at the restaurants that are popular now — bistros , even the workman 's cafe . ’ |
| 15 | Murder mysteries are something of a British tradition — you only have to look at the popularity of thriller novels and TV ‘ whodunits ? ’ , for example . |
| 16 | You only have to look at the press and television to see how impatient many in our society are . |
| 17 | Inevitably there will be much improved functionality , and more features — you only have to look at the difference between DOS 4.01 and DOS 5 to see that . |
| 18 | ‘ You only have to look at the number of players with top clubs in the present squad — Arsenal 's Steve Morrow is another example — and it 's obvious there 's hope for the future . |
| 19 | You only have to look at the unemployment amongst married women who would like to be teachers . |
| 20 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 21 | People outside the church are often not content ; you just have to look at the pressures from the mass media . |
| 22 | Larger dis large test statistics mean rejection of the goal right erm there 's no simple rule of thumb with kie squared you just have to look at the erm actual tables to find out what the critical values are . |
| 23 | But you just have to look at the chain stores to see how times have changed . |
| 24 | We only have to look at the interest being shown , especially in public sector institutions , in recruiting their students from a wide social background . |
| 25 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 26 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 27 | One only has to look at the woodcuts of Henri II 's entry into Rouen in 1550 — which Mary very probably witnessed — to get a breath-taking impression of the splendour of royal pageantry , with the king himself riding on a chariot of immense size and grandeur , accompanied by heavily caparisoned elephants . |
| 28 | To see how destructive such an inflation can be , one only has to look at the hyperinflation which occurred in Germany in 1922–23 . |
| 29 | One only has to look at the achievements of David Gower , Monica Seles , John McEnroe and Jimmy White , to mention just a few , to realise that left-handers can excel at their chosen sport . |
| 30 | One only has to look at the statistics to see how unrepresentative Xuxa 's world is . |