Example sentences of "only [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This short chapter is only intended to offer a taste of the topic . |
| 2 | Mme Fournier was still in the car , she called out that she had only come to deliver a message . |
| 3 | If he only wants to use a part-pack , the operator pulls the lever to suck neat chemical into the transparent tube . |
| 4 | In this case , the agent only needs to see a ticket manifest ( a government-stamped document showing how many tickets are printed for the venue ) and a box office statement from the hall ( stating how many tickets were sold ) when checking the promoter 's expenses . |
| 5 | She only needs to make a token 1500 metres or 3,000 metres appearance in the main trials meeting , in Birmingham on June 27 and 28 , to claim her Olympic team place alongside world champion Liz McColgan . |
| 6 | A formal land drain consists of short clay pipes laid in , and covered with gravel , but for the simple removal of water from a low area of a path , you would only need to dig a trench , and put about 150mm of gravel into it to lead the water away . |
| 7 | Because that 's not something we want to go through their Conference Office for if we only want to do a meeting , |
| 8 | This method is , however , a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines . |
| 9 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 10 | It means the teacher only has to write a word once , in the teacher 's book , instead of thirty-plus times , once in each child 's book . |
| 11 | She only has to express a hint of yearning for a food , fad or fantasy for her fans to start racing after them too . |
| 12 | Their ancestors had scorned and derided Vincent and now they were rich from Van Gogh postcards and souvenirs bought by people like Skye , who only came to catch a whisper of his ghost . |
| 13 | It only says pay a pound a week , I pay three pounds some week . |
| 14 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 15 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 16 | We would therefore be able to bring in other measures which we have n't modelled so far er but that is also the guidance that you should bring in , not only nowadays you should not only look to build a bypass , you should look to complementary measures within the urban area . |
| 17 | Just take the back off and and you 've only got to undo a couple of clips and take the pump off . |
| 18 | We 've only got to put a go faster stripe on a Skoda and chan , change the wheels and we 've got a different product we 've got a diff , yes , we 've got a fast skip as opposed to a slow one , alright . |
| 19 | I 've only got to put a jumper on and get my bag . |
| 20 | You work out how much tape I 'm going to have to take out , if I 've only got to edit a minute out of what you 're saying . |
| 21 | I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ? |
| 22 | He was only going to see a man whose address I gave him — a creditor , I believe . ’ |
| 23 | After playing catch-me-if-you-can for so long , it looks as though Sun Microsystems Inc is only going to get a month 's headstart over the pack of Sparc-compatible builders which will be gunning for its superscalar Sparcstation 10 market — if US firm Pinnacle Data Systems Inc , Columbus , Ohio , has its way . |
| 24 | In fact , I was only going to stay a couple of years and move on , but … but I met you and I knew right from the beginning what was going to happen to me ; and it 's grown over these months during our supposedly accidental meetings here . |
| 25 | I were only going to have a look . |
| 26 | On this job , however , it is only used to give a view of the smouldering remains of the skip and lorry . |
| 27 | I 've only had to carry a pistol once , just a few hours . |
| 28 | 1 The present House of Lords is seen as a wrecking chamber with a built-in Conservative majority and a crippling power of delay that only exists to put a brake on a reforming Socialist government . |
| 29 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
| 30 | But when companies are fined for breaking the health and safety laws , they only get fined a pittance , compared to what damage is caused to employees through companies ' neglect and law breaking . |