Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] it only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Statistics show that typically it only accounts for two per cent of all the verbal behaviours that take place in a conversation . |
| 2 | The latter requirement means that component molecules of each species can interchange positions without altering the total energy of the system , i.e. and consequently it only remains for the entropy contribution ΔS M to be calculated . |
| 3 | The carpet gets turned round , your favourite chair feels all wrong , and yet it only takes you an hour or two to wonder why it was obviously never done like this before . |
| 4 | ‘ We burnt out the pto three times last year , but luckily it only takes an hour to change it . ’ |
| 5 | I should replace it , but usually it only takes a bit of tinkering to get it going again . |
| 6 | We used to sell it but now it only seems to be Boots — I know it is still popular . ’ |
| 7 | The second , however , seemed ideal , and was cheaper , though unfortunately it only had a small section of moat left , which had been suburbanised into a rock garden . |