Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only want to tackle two things . |
| 2 | I only want to know one thing ; I know it should n't be all-important , but deep down it 's the thing I 've thought about most . " |
| 3 | The operator has the choice of turning down one microphone — if for instance the class is working in groups and you only want to hear one group at a time — or of recording the combined sound of , say , teacher and student microphones on one audio track . |
| 4 | I only manage to get one thing on I do |
| 5 | I 've known very independent career women who 'd do anything to reach the top , but when they have a baby they suddenly decide to take two years out . |
| 6 | Morgan noted : ‘ We basically have to peak three times in the period : Hong Kong at the end of this month , Melrose [ where the Scots play under the guise of the Co-optimists ] , and the World Sevens . |
| 7 | The Wedding Present will , at the end of this year , have had more charting singles than several proper bands with good songs and , trainspotniks , higher chart positions , too , because you only have to sell nine records in 1992 to go to Number One ( or something ) . |
| 8 | By the same token , if it is good you only have to wait five minutes and it will get worse . |
| 9 | Schools in Lothian have been asked to commence Testing in the summer term but only have to test one group in each class in either Language or Mathematics , if that class has a group which is deemed to be moving from one stage to the next . |
| 10 | ‘ IOSCO wants to reach the point where there is one set of accounting standards and one set of auditing standards , so that companies which file their accounts in more than one jurisdiction only have to prepare one set of accounts and have them audited once , ’ said Auditing Practices Board secretary Robert Charlesworth . |
| 11 | And unlike hairdressers , you only have to learn one style — short back and sides . |
| 12 | Right , because in there , if you pay fifteen pounds , you get erm , you get tickets for , you know you only have to pay four pounds , plus you get half price tickets for |
| 13 | You could also play this with team members at both ends of the room so that Brownies only have to run one length and pass it on to the next Brownie and so on . |
| 14 | In very cold weather it might be worth living and sleeping in the same room so that you only need to keep one room well heated . |
| 15 | We realise that the degree of protection needed varies from one person to another , and so have introduced two levels of cover into the Midland Personal Accident Plan : Gold Cover and Silver Cover . |
| 16 | ‘ Travis had enough work to last three weeks but , on account of you , he must have worked like the devil . |
| 17 | The fish farm has enough work to keep two people very busy . |
| 18 | And guests at one hotel alone have nicked 2,000 towels since April . |
| 19 | 'Mr McGuire. ’ 'Ben. ’ 'Mr McGuire. ’ 'I just want to say one word to you . ’ |
| 20 | On the Childrens Act , I just want to say one thing briefly . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know where he will go after his race at Christmas — I just want to take one race at a time — but the main target is the Champion Hurdle again . ’ |
| 22 | However , if you just want to have one float , put around £20 aside . |
| 23 | Thank you Mr Chairman , I just want to cover three areas . |
| 24 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 25 | ‘ I just happen to have two tickets to the American Ballet Theatre tonight , ’ Guy said , reflectively . |
| 26 | Polish housewives no longer have to spend two hours a day in queues , and they can choose between 15 brands of mineral water , when once only one diesel-flavoured Polish brand was on offer . |
| 27 | We just have to write one side on the rational and one side on the method and the third side 's on the results . |
| 28 | As far as the principle is concerned I just need to say two things . |
| 29 | We just need to know one thing , Ben : why ? |
| 30 | Hip fracture patients who do not come home early tend to spend 30 days in hospital , at much greater cost to the taxpayer . |