Example sentences of "had only [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had only to watch the porter 's moves next day to learn the times when he visited his charge , and espy where the two keys of the penal cells hung side by side in the gatehouse . |
| 2 | Bissett had only to see the wire of the Citadel 's perimeter , to see the smoke from the Citadel 's chimneys , to feel a loathing for the place . |
| 3 | She had only to make the decision . |
| 4 | She had only to follow the road now . |
| 5 | He had only to recall the inevitability of their first coming together , her passionate , uncomplicated , animal gusto in their lovemaking to know that the thought was paranoid . |
| 6 | The model we used above was very simple in that the manager , in effect , had only to toss the coin to determine the outcome . |