Example sentences of "they [vb mod] only [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should only regulate the mix of house types when there are specific planning reasons for such control , and in so doing they should take particular account of marketing considerations . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'll only have the sand buckets , they wo n't have a water supply . |
| 3 | They could only blame the coalition system . |
| 4 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 5 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 6 | But now the power of the Lords had been cut down by an Act of Parliament , and they could only postpone the enactment of the Home Rule Bill for two years . |
| 7 | Now if they did n't pay us they 'd only pay the Paki down the road . ’ |
| 8 | The Peking government stopped the bombardment for two weeks , eventually declaring they would only shell the islands on alternate days ! |
| 9 | But they are taking the view that they will only provide the service equipment , that 's the cabling and the installation and what have you , but not the cameras and that it 's again up to the Police Authority to provide the cameras . |
| 10 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 11 | The pair want to hear from anyone who had relatives serving with the Tyneside Scottish even if they can only give the name , rank , serial number and home address . |
| 12 | Write your information on the back and tell them they can only eat the eggs after the instructions have been copied down . |
| 13 | However it has always been recognised that they can only complement the work done in the home and the parish and do not replace it . |
| 14 | They can only contain the characters A … |
| 15 | They can only evaluate the care that they 've had |
| 16 | Devoid of vision , replete with expediency , riddled with past prejudices , they can only offer the promise of a return to a past that did not work . |
| 17 | So there are only a few foxes in the neighbourhood of the colony and they can only raid the margins of it . |
| 18 | Some people who have become severely deafened do not wear rubber soles on their shoes because they can only feel the vibration through the floor when wearing leather soles . |
| 19 | Now they can only represent the area that the observer stands in and can see around him , and erm this leaves many gaps over the surface of the earth where we can not really be sure of what the weather 's doing . |