Example sentences of "have only [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . |
| 2 | One has only to look around to see Labour government in action in London . |
| 3 | Leonard has only to play effectively to win a Test place against the All Blacks in the second international in Wellington on Saturday week . |
| 4 | He used to say : ‘ I think music is in the air all around me : I 've only to take as much as I want ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've only to hold on , and let the archers begin and end it . ’ |
| 6 | Harry had only to reach out his hand to restrain him , but movement seemed suddenly to have deserted him . |
| 7 | She had only to sit back with perfect composure — something at which she was adept — and wait for him to find his way through the necessary preliminaries to the real business of this meeting . |
| 8 | Clarac had only to step out of line once and he would be out , family connections or no . |
| 9 | Maurice had only to look around at Casterton to see the ideal place for his school . |
| 10 | But no , Bella said through her solicitor ; to see the child , Albert had only to ring up . |
| 11 | You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled . |
| 12 | ‘ We have only to put together in the right way what we know without adding anything , and the satisfaction we are trying to get from the explanation comes of itself . ’ |
| 13 | You have only to give in a few times ( out of many when you stick to your planned ignoring ) to lose the battle . |
| 14 | ‘ If you are planning to spend the evening with this gentleman , you have only to say so . ’ |
| 15 | If you think there is a more equitable arrangement to be made , you have only to say so . ’ |
| 16 | Now I have finally begun , he wrote , I have only to go on and the end will arrive . |
| 17 | Besides , wrote Goldberg , you have only to see where Brighton are placed in the League to wonder at the wisdom of associating with them in any capacity . |
| 18 | ‘ They have only to lean forward , drop the poison in the dish — ’ |
| 19 | Yet both British stars shot level par 72s and believe they have only to improve slightly to have winning chances today . |
| 20 | We have only to look back to the debates about language across the curriculum to remember the puerile arguments over whose responsibility it was to teach language skills . |
| 21 | You have only to look back a generation . ’ |
| 22 | To move would be impossible ( and yet I have only to stand up , pull off the bracelets , announce an end to all this … ) . |
| 23 | You have only to think how often we suffer from aches and pains when we are miserable or depressed . |