Example sentences of "[pers pn] only [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She only saves a matter of fifteen P and gets it all back on the petrol
2 she only has a biscuit , sometimes she 'll bring scones or cake or , if she 'd been baking
3 Indeed she only has a place in the religion in relation to him .
4 ‘ Does that mean she only has a birthday every fourth year ? ’
5 She only wants a home . ’
6 It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon .
7 TAKE THAT : ‘ Take That And Party ’ Brit equivalent of New Kids offer their 12-track debut , featuring two Top 20 singles , ‘ It Only Takes A Minute ’ and ‘ I Found Heaven ’
8 It only takes a minute .
9 Richard Waterhouse , who runs the RAC 's Child Safety Campaign , said : ‘ It only takes a minute to ensure a child is safely strapped in .
10 Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot .
11 It only takes a couple of minutes before the flysheet is in place .
12 So when , and I would agree with you again , so when are the teachers going to be accountable , when is somebody who is a bad teacher and heck there are quite a few of them , you know it only takes a couple in every school to make it difficult for the rest , going to be got rid of you know you are not up to the mark out .
13 It only takes a couple of players to have mediocre starts for them and they will be down there and lose confidence .
14 It only takes a couple od slip-ups ( including vs US ) and that gap may look at little more realistic .
15 I should replace it , but usually it only takes a bit of tinkering to get it going again .
16 Below that , it sounds more like a traditional diesel , and it does lack response at times , but it only takes a bit of getting used to .
17 it usually , it only takes a day once they 've received it , if that 's alright ?
18 It only takes a visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Japan , for example , and we 're inundated with Japanese tourists in Britain .
19 It only takes a moment 's carelessness to make a present of your valuables to the thief .
20 Crawford 's big production number , It Only Takes a Moment , came during the film 's last half-hour , as Cornelius Hackl declares his love for Irene Molloy , played by Marianne McAndrew .
21 A respectable attempt at comic characterization , its undiminished contrivance ultimately mars the simplicity of It Only Takes a Moment , already performed as a send-up of movie love balladry , with townspeople and extras wandering in for the chorus . ’
22 That 's it , my short movie is complete , and , once the actors and backgrounds have been sorted out in their respective editors , it only takes a matter of ten minutes to assemble the final movie .
23 On a good day , it only takes a glimpse of blue sky or a tree in blossom to make me feel full of the joys of spring and in love with life .
24 While a certain amount of stress can be positive — it provides energy which enables us to do the things we want to do — it only becomes a problem if it develops into distress .
25 It only becomes a problem if the environment encourages it to grow excessively .
26 It only becomes a mystery because we notice that there are too few facts to draw a conclusion .
27 So it only moves a bit faster there .
28 Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces .
29 The copper can be assumed to be uniformly distributed across the section but it only occupies a fraction unc of the space available ; the current density in the copper is to be J.
30 The findings included caesium 134 which , as it only has a half life of two years , indicates that it must have originated in recent tests .
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