Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I know , you only got to look at the VAT ai n't you for starters |
| 2 | Others merely want to look at the engine . |
| 3 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 4 | One only has to look at the woodcuts of Henri II 's entry into Rouen in 1550 — which Mary very probably witnessed — to get a breath-taking impression of the splendour of royal pageantry , with the king himself riding on a chariot of immense size and grandeur , accompanied by heavily caparisoned elephants . |
| 5 | To see how destructive such an inflation can be , one only has to look at the hyperinflation which occurred in Germany in 1922–23 . |
| 6 | One only has to look at the achievements of David Gower , Monica Seles , John McEnroe and Jimmy White , to mention just a few , to realise that left-handers can excel at their chosen sport . |
| 7 | One only has to look at the statistics to see how unrepresentative Xuxa 's world is . |
| 8 | One only has to look at the halving of the value of the youth training allowance and the way in which young people between the ages of 16 and 18 can no longer claim benefit , including housing benefit . |
| 9 | One only has to look at the Shropshire structure plan in which I was involved last year , and the Department of the Environment in that case had allowed the facility for new settlement without locational criteria . |
| 10 | The reader only has to glance at a good modern textbook of infant development ( say , Bremner 's Infancy ) to get the main message : very young humans are prodigiously skilled at picking up geometric and social information , and this can be seen both informally ( a neonate turning to a voice ) and in the laboratory . |
| 11 | Racism just boils down to ruling-class propaganda ; you 've only got to look at the popular Tory press , churning it out day after day , all owned and controlled by capitalists who 've got a direct interest in setting white workers against black and undermining the unity of the working class . |
| 12 | You 've only got to look at the history of religion , especially Christianity , to see that at as the guys who went round flagellating themselves also went around killing other people if they did n't believe in the right religion and that unfortunately er happens all too often . |
| 13 | You 've only got to look at the table . |
| 14 | Now , in a bit of a rush : the asparagus was excellent , but its finger-bowls arrived late , so that buttery fingers only got rinsed at the last bite . |
| 15 | Anyway , she was only going to look at a cottage . |
| 16 | One only needed to look at the Government Training Centre at Boucher Road in West Belfast for a good example . |
| 17 | Portugal had only agreed to participate at the last minute , reportedly fearing that the summit would otherwise be geared to increasing the influence of Spain in the region . |
| 18 | Do n't suddenly stop moving at the end of a training session . |
| 19 | In the future , if ever my old feelings about Mr Rochester began to return , I would only have to glance at the two pictures to see the great difference between us , and in this way common sense would destroy my foolish dreams . |
| 20 | So having looked at the relationship between business and the voluntary sector today , let's take a brief look at the future . |
| 21 | Paige strove for rationality in a world that was suddenly threatening to dissolve at the seduction of touch and tone . |
| 22 | It was two hours before he felt sufficiently recovered to stop at a phone box and report in . |
| 23 | Lengths should be overlapped , and only cut to fit at the ends , as hessian can shrink as it dries . |
| 24 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 25 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 26 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 27 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 28 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 29 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 30 | If the Minister wants to retain this unitary Parliament , he had better start looking at the ways in which he can secure the rights of the people affected . |