Example sentences of "took the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1969 , O'Neill took the only course left open to him : he went to the country to seek a mandate for his policies . |
| 2 | ‘ He took the only way out he thought was best . ’ |
| 3 | I took the only option that I could see was open to me , and I ran away into the desert . |
| 4 | William Joyce took the only action consistent with self-respect and humanity . |
| 5 | Aggie , sitting looking into the fire , nodded as she thought : And aye , Mama took the only step left to her , and look where it 's got her . |
| 6 | I remember one time er these barges , old barges when you used to come up there , they ai n't got any engine in 'em at all because now they got motors in 'em , but erm , at that time , I was asleep one night and er these barges had been up , they 'd been down the the engine room , cos the engine room and the stoke hall was all in one and th and then I was so sound asleep they 'd filled the sacks up with coal and took them up over the and took the only thing they did do they did n't take the shovel they 'd used , cos they bought their shovel from off the barge and they left that downhill that 's how they 'd pinched the coal . |