Example sentences of "it [vb mod] only [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know I 've got a straight navy coat that I 've hardly ever wore , I 've discovered that it 'll only cost eleven pounds fifty to have it shortened at Sketchley 's , and it 's all done . |
| 2 | or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals |
| 3 | It had to be Travis , and that spurred her on to reckless speed , putting too much weight on her much tried ankle , until it could only do one thing — collapse under her . |
| 4 | It could only mean one thing : they suspected that the sleek Strasbourgeois citizenry might be planning to outdo Warsaw , Budapest , Berlin and Prague by marching up the Avenue de la Paix to overthrow 12 governments at once . |
| 5 | It could only mean one thing . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , it could only accommodate six people and a crate of Nettles Agricultural Sherry so , as membership grew , tempers were often explosive and much precious nectar was spilt . |
| 7 | I could feel an awful churning going on down there , and I was sure it would only end one way , but I could n't move . |
| 8 | One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present . |
| 9 | It would only include those members who were judged to have met specified conditions . |
| 10 | It would only take one phone call to blow her cover . |
| 11 | It would only take three days or so . |
| 12 | Investigations by the RSPB among wild bird traders in Hong Kong and China found that Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS ) was used by many traders , despite the airline 's claim that it will only carry captive bird species . |
| 13 | It will only put small clubs out of business . |
| 14 | The recall re-presents come back in two phases erm one tape will come back on the fifteenth of April , the second tape will come back on the sixteenth of April which means that those policies , when status report runs on the fifteenth of April it will only assess those policies erm that have had |
| 15 | It will only run native programs when it appears , which even IBM now admits will be probably in 1995 . |
| 16 | I can see it will only raise ill feeling between us . ’ |
| 17 | Cypress says it can only speculate that Sun will become a customer for HyperSparc , though Cypress chief , TJ Rogers , has been sending messages via the press to the effect that if Sun does n't buy HyperSparc , then he 's going to turn around and do the Alpha RISC for DEC ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 18 | But it can only carry one 1,000lb ( 455kg ) warhead , or a set of 166 bomblets which can be dropped in three batches . |
| 19 | The real interview may run a very different course from the one you anticipated , and you do not want to develop the subconscious belief that it can only go one way . |
| 20 | Alternatively , the purchaser may accept that the vendors have limited joint and several liability in that it can only recover limited accounts from each vendor . |
| 21 | When you enjoy service like that , it can only mean one thing : |
| 22 | Highwaymen , ugly sisters , a barber and multiple suicide — it can only mean one thing — OPERA ! |
| 23 | It can only publicise those accommodation places which are ‘ eligible ’ under the English Tourist Board scheme ( ie. which agree to abide by a code of conduct ) and these must be given equal treatment . |