Example sentences of "only had [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people there not only had to cope with the incidents themselves but living down the bad reputation . |
| 2 | But the England under-21 midfielder only had to wait until the 53rd minute to exact his revenge when he chipped in a telling cross for Goodman to score . |
| 3 | I only had to deal with a couple of vicious assaults over the telephone when the magazine I was writing for decided he was too dodgy to get involved with and , with mind-boggling nerve , he threatened us with legal action for breach of contract . |
| 4 | The Commission for the Transformation of the LCY not only had to contend with the opposing Slovene and Serbian proposals , but also with proposals that the party be reconstituted as a Socialist Party of Yugoslavia , or even split into a communist and a socialist party . |
| 5 | YOU only had to walk into the members ' lobby of the Commons yesterday to know what you 'd suspected for days . |
| 6 | It also meant he only had to walk across the Paddock when he went on night duty . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 8 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 9 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 14 | When I complained , the company said there was a clause on the processing envelope that said if anything went wrong , it only had to pay for the film . |