Example sentences of "only have [to-vb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader only has to glance at a good modern textbook of infant development ( say , Bremner 's Infancy ) to get the main message : very young humans are prodigiously skilled at picking up geometric and social information , and this can be seen both informally ( a neonate turning to a voice ) and in the laboratory . |
| 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 prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . |
| 5 | ‘ You only have to look at a picture of him when he resigned and compare it with one from six months beforehand . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |