Example sentences of "it only [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he did — but it only lasted a week ! |
| 2 | It only lasted a matter of seconds , but when Fen lifted his head Robbie felt incapable of speech and movement . |
| 3 | At all events , it only lasted a moment . |
| 4 | If they were held at bay longer than they anticipated and carried into the final day , it only seemed a stay of execution for the West Indies . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It only takes a minute . |
| 8 | Richard Waterhouse , who runs the RAC 's Child Safety Campaign , said : ‘ It only takes a minute to ensure a child is safely strapped in . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It only takes a couple of minutes before the flysheet is in place . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It only takes a couple of players to have mediocre starts for them and they will be down there and lose confidence . |
| 13 | It only takes a couple od slip-ups ( including vs US ) and that gap may look at little more realistic . |
| 14 | I should replace it , but usually it only takes a bit of tinkering to get it going again . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | it usually , it only takes a day once they 've received it , if that 's alright ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It only takes a moment 's carelessness to make a present of your valuables to the thief . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 24 | It only became a god in Hellenistic times when it was worshipped under the name ‘ Aion ’ , but that signified a sacred , eternal time which was very different from ordinary time , chronos . |
| 25 | ( It did n't ; it only began a spate of them . ) |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It only becomes a problem if the environment encourages it to grow excessively . |
| 28 | It only becomes a mystery because we notice that there are too few facts to draw a conclusion . |
| 29 | This was n't a major catastrophe , and it only took a minute to rectify , but it 's a clear case of poor quality control . |
| 30 | How it happened we do n't know but the flight-recorder said it only took a couple of minutes and the navigator confirmed this . |