Example sentences of "only [adj] way [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only one way to relieve the pain in his head , the way Dinah knew too well . |
| 2 | He maintained there was only one way to resolve differences within the party leadership over Labour 's policy towards a privatised water industry : ‘ Take water back without compensation . ’ |
| 3 | There seemed to be only one way to force Jason to leave her alone , and that had to be their employer IMP . |
| 4 | They now have no ch no voice , there is only one way to counter this . |
| 5 | There 's only one way to appreciate the sheer size and beauty of Western Australia — see it for yourself . |
| 6 | There is only one way to control rubbish : reduce the volume . |
| 7 | As I said a moment ago , there is only one way to create long-term stable employment . |
| 8 | ‘ You are the last woman I would have thought I would want — you 're everything I despise , but you 're in danger of becoming an obsession and there 's only one way to deal with it : we 'll make love until we 're sated with each other , then we 'll both be free to go our separate ways and forget we ever met . ’ |
| 9 | She decided there was only one way to deal with it , and that was directly . |
| 10 | Well there 's only one way to deal with them , pay you on a monthly basis , or stop working for them . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , there 's only one way to explain tap . ’ |
| 12 | There was only one way to explain it . |
| 13 | Perhaps we are seeing , as an evolution ( the origins of which can be traced to the nineteenth century ) , the emergence of a genuine hybrid tribunal , in which case to suggest that this body is a further example of the use of judges for extrajudicial activities is only one way to describe it . |
| 14 | There was only one way to describe the afternoon 's events — as a catastrophe . |
| 15 | ‘ I warn you , cara , there is only one way to settle this dispute . ’ |
| 16 | McGee knew of only one way to circle the ring — clockwise — and Denny put him off at will . |
| 17 | There was only one way to remedy the situation . |
| 18 | When Pete had finished , Tommy said , ‘ There 's only one way to do it , and that 's kill him . ’ |
| 19 | We are all in the business of making people laugh — and in Carry On films there is only one way to do that — good old slapstick humour . ’ |
| 20 | There 's only one way to do this , Sophie thought . |
| 21 | There 's only one way to do things . |
| 22 | The deed is done , she 's got a corpse to dispose of and there 's only one way to do it . ’ |
| 23 | There 's only one way to do a job , and that 's the way I do it , and that 's perfect . |
| 24 | If she did n't clear her name then everything she had worked for would be wasted , and there was only one way to do it . |
| 25 | So , British Gas , the commercial , have worked out that there 's only one way to do that , you do the job properly to start with . |
| 26 | ‘ There is only one way to decide , ’ he said , and jumped up on the table , making Robertson flinch . |
| 27 | I said , ‘ There 's only one way to go — right across the out-of-bounds . ’ |
| 28 | Unless you practise , there in only one way to go — down . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 30 | ‘ When Seb came here he had only one way to go , Tom . |