Example sentences of "[vb mod] only take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this . |
2 | It would only take one phone call to blow her cover . |
3 | In both cases the heads of the city telephone networks ( Vladimir Panov in Ekaterinburg and Valentin Dolgoborodov in Novosibirsk ) say the company would only take full payment in advance and insisted on using its own engineers on the projects . |
4 | He can only take certain size steps though . |
5 | Of course you can only take this covering-up operation so far and it is sometimes prudent to remake a part . |