Example sentences of "[pron] only take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her analysis is a rich one and I shall rely heavily on it even though I only take two aspects of her findings . |
| 2 | I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby . |
| 3 | I used to drink really quite strong before , but I decided to give up erm , like , take less sugar , so if you take less sugar , I think I only took two sugars anyway , 'cos my tea was so strong , 'cos 'cos the stronger it is , you need more sugar to sweeten it . |
| 4 | I only took three quarters of an hour to get there . |
| 5 | which only takes four wheelchairs and of course there 's the drivers of , of the minibus things that bring them . |
| 6 | Which only takes four wheelchairs and of course there 's the drivers of the minibus thing at . |
| 7 | I personally registered my version of Frombat and used it to create the Transend Menu Program , issued with every Shareware disc , and the Transend Catalogue which only took 3 hours to write . |
| 8 | If one only takes educational institutions such as universities and colleges , let alone the world outside , the emancipatory impulse of the sixties and early seventies has been turned inside out . |
| 9 | One commonly heard complaint from relatives is that ‘ I was told she was too disturbed for the council day centre as they could n't stop her from wandering out ’ , yet ‘ The doctor at the day hospital said they only took short-term cases , people who could get better and move on . ’ |
| 10 | Although they only took 20 minutes to arrive , if George could have given a map reference , as well as his address , they could have got there that much sooner . |
| 11 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 12 | Cable should n't be run under a carpet unless it 's suitably protected — it only takes one stiletto heel to bring your network down ! |
| 13 | Above The vulnerable beauty of Killary harbour : ‘ It only takes one fool to drop a barrel of chemicals , ’ Peter Mantle says , ‘ and we 're all wiped out . ’ |
| 14 | It only takes one lapse and a match can undergo a total transformation — there must be no slip-ups , ’ adds McGrath . |
| 15 | But , it only takes one car ! |
| 16 | ‘ It only takes one fanatic , ’ Harriet Shakespeare said heavily . |
| 17 | There 's an old saying : ‘ It only takes one spark to start a fire . ’ |
| 18 | On the evidence of its showing , SAS/EIS is certainly the kind of tool that will empower decision makers with the ability to study their companies and markets in new ways , with only minimum recall to the services of in-house software engineers — ‘ even a CEO can use this because it only takes one finger , ’ claims Jim Goodnight , SAS chief executive officer . |
| 19 | It only takes one media scare story ( Pill Deaths Quadruple ! ) or one neighbour being suddenly rushed to hospital , to make thousands of women think twice about using a particular form of contraception . |
| 20 | Simply peg out the design , wind on the warp thread and get weaving — it only takes five minutes . |
| 21 | Bearing in mind that it only takes 20 milligrams of this poi-son to kill a dog , and that a cat is equally susceptible , it is clear that here we have a serious threat to an incautious feline . |
| 22 | It only took six seconds to load each room but some puzzles require you to operate buttons in several rooms , so you would obviously be running between rooms for a while . |
| 23 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 24 | I mean , if we take this as a game , as you rightly describe it , he only takes these people from th in the first place , to have hostages that he can use as bargaining chips later . |