Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [vb infin] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |
| 2 | Jorg Sambetn , a Givaudan engineer who investigated the accident after it happened , says it should only have taken 15 minutes , and can not understand why the workers omitted it . |
| 3 | The advice offered in Chapter 8 on more effective reading was that you should only begin to take notes after a first reading — when you 've grasped the structure and got the gist of the topic being dealt with . |
| 4 | But he , and the team , could only manage to take one wicket as Lurgan went on to reach for one . |
| 5 | No , well you 'd only have to , you 'd only have to take one board up maybe two . |
| 6 | You 'd only have to take two boards up out of the lot . |
| 7 | It seemed to Marie that people would only have to take one look at her to see that she did n't belong in these surroundings . |
| 8 | Is it any coincidence that pharmaceutical companies have found medicines ( which we have to keep taking and paying for ) rather than a vaccine ( which we would only have to take once ) ? |
| 9 | It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof . |
| 10 | ‘ But employees can only apply to take the leave in unbusy times for their department and we do n't know yet what the take-up is going to be . ’ |