Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shush , Mamma , ’ Rosa had said , and then Sabina had come in again with the bird — it would make only a bite to eat . |
| 2 | The Witt Librarian John Sunderland rejects the idea of charging a fee for consulting the archive on the grounds that it would raise only a few thousand pounds . |
| 3 | ‘ And , curiously enough , it would take only a comparatively small rise in wage rates to make an enormous impact on the problem . ’ |
| 4 | It would take only a minor leap of faith , a moment of transcendence , to believe that Christine Ashdown stared back . |
| 5 | It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’ |
| 6 | It would need only a charge of the cavalry , or a shot fired over their heads , to set them off . |