Example sentences of "only [to-vb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not often given words to speak , and had only to sit in the shade of his massive wings and stare into the middle distance and drift in his imagination to the four corners of the sky . |
| 2 | He had only to fumble in the pocket of his sports jacket , preparatory to taking out his pipe , and she was at his elbow striking on a musical lighter which tinkled out the tune of ‘ Come Back to Sorrento ’ . |
| 3 | I 've dreamed so often of you , only to wake in the morning , abandoned , my life dark , my soul thirsty . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't only to toil in the cotton fields that negros were stolen from Africa . |
| 5 | A new beginning is made — only to end in the folly of Babel and the division and dispersion of the nations . |
| 6 | In effect , he need not have bothered ; he had only to ask in the name of Spain and Rodrigo would have come . |