Example sentences of "only [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rubberneck could only compare it with a wedding , the crush , as a fight , when the cars drove off and they always threw out coins . |
| 2 | For the past two years The Fellow , who is half a thoroughbred , half trotter , has come to the final fence with Europe 's classic steeplechase seemingly won , only to lose it by a whisker on the run-in . |
| 3 | Which is sold everywhere today , you could only buy it in a chemist shop , tea . |
| 4 | But as Celia says , the trouble is that so many people , they will only buy it in a year . |
| 5 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 7 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 8 | ‘ If the weather 's dry and if you do n't mind how you treat your car — or maybe you could only do it in a jeep , I 've never tried it . |
| 9 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 10 | Whatever it was I 'd taken from Sunil 's house — and I 'd only done it as a favour to him , after all — he could n't have said anything to Nassim about it . |
| 11 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 12 | You only spread it in a square no bigger than the width of the roller . |
| 13 | The difference between them lies simply in the fact that while do situates the infinitive in time as an actualization , the modals only situate it as a potentiality . |
| 14 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 15 | He would only see it as a weakness to be used against her , or worse , as an attempt to ingratiate herself . |
| 16 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 17 | They can only use it as a source of energy after alcohol has been processed by the liver . |
| 18 | Evans did admit buying a can of petrol on the way to Birdlip , but he thought White would only use it as a threat to rob Mr Stokle , nothing too serious . |
| 19 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 20 | And they 're giving quite a lot back , and I , I know you only give it as a , as a guide , Mr Chairman , but two hundred and fifty pound , I would think that would have to be doubled . |
| 21 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 22 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 23 | But these were risky gains : with little animal manure and no capital , the peasant broke up more land than he could use , only to abandon it in a drought or when prices fell . |
| 24 | She was only saying it as a balance . |
| 25 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 26 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 27 | He only classed it as a nightmare because of the head , and even that had more farce to it than terror . |
| 28 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 29 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 30 | How you look at someone , the attention you give them and your body language are all means of communication and can have a strong effect upon the recipient , even if he only perceives it on a subconscious level . |