Example sentences of "only [verb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that 's our home produce snakes and ladders it does n't go on too much , it only goes up to number thirty |
| 2 | Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed . |
| 3 | Arts groups have only just begun to take on board the fact that they have to be much more proactive if they are to tap the creativity of people who may be confined to their homes or only get out to day centres with help . |
| 4 | An alternative explanation is that L3 overwinter in the soil rather than on the grass and only migrate on to pasture at some point between June and October as a result of some factor , as yet unknown , perhaps involving ing earthworms or coprophagic beetles . |
| 5 | It was clear then that Noriega only held on to power by two threads — popular apathy and the loyalty of the Panama Defence Force . |