Example sentences of "only [vb base] [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . |
| 2 | 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 ’ ? |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ) ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You only have to look at a picture of him when he resigned and compare it with one from six months beforehand . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | - 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 . ’ |
| 7 | You only have to look at the press and television to see how impatient many in our society are . |
| 8 | Murder mysteries are something of a British tradition — you only have to look at the popularity of thriller novels and TV ‘ whodunits ? ’ , for example . |
| 9 | We only have to look at the interest being shown , especially in public sector institutions , in recruiting their students from a wide social background . |
| 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 | You only have to look at the unemployment amongst married women who would like to be teachers . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |