Example sentences of "it [modal v] only [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 2 | It 'll only do A four . |
| 3 | The opposition again spurned an invitation to participate in a coalition government when round table talks resumed on Feb. 6 , and on the following day the leadership of the Bulgarian Agrarian People 's Union ( BAPU — the junior coalition partner in every government since the 1947 imposition of communist rule ) said that it would only join a new government of " national consensus " . |
| 4 | If hunting were banned on all of that it would only have a small marginal effect but we can as Mr said only ban hunting on land we both own and control , land in hand , that actually totals a hundred and fifty eight acres , slightly smaller than Victoria Park but that includes road , bridleways , land with no access , S S S Is , Sites of Special Scientific Interest , land awaiting disposal the land capable of being hunted and in hand totals fifty two acres about as much of Victoria Park as I can see from my front window . |
| 5 | It would only become a private place if the entry was restricted to a specific class of persons only , although even this is unclear . |
| 6 | It would only take a certain kind of eyelashes or a whiff of one particular aftershave and I would be sick with love . |
| 7 | In this case the motherboard replacement is n't as clear cut a winner and it would only take a slight change , such as not being able to use the RAM , to make it look even worse . |
| 8 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 9 | It would only take a few minutes . ’ |
| 10 | Then , out of breath , he 'd realised it would only take a quick word with the girl at the desk to find out . |
| 11 | In effect I reckon it will only take a slight upward change of gear and performances to become something special . |
| 12 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
| 13 | It will only take a few minutes , certainly . |
| 14 | When a monomer polymerizes it will only yield a useful polymer if it does so in the form of a long chain . |
| 15 | The practice of judicial obedience to statute can not itself be based on the authority of statute : it can only reflect a judicial choice based on an understanding of what ( in contemporary conditions ) political morality demands . |
| 16 | I feel it can only damage a wonderful friendship . ’ |
| 17 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 18 | But academics at Oxford are outraged and say it can only mean a Jewish Messiah . |
| 19 | With its low market share it has higher costs than the rival , and so , by pricing to give its rival a zero NPV , it can only earn a negative NPV itself . |