Example sentences of "have only [verb] out " in BNC.

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1 Mordecai has only carried out instructions .
2 And though she was certain she 'd only sent out a couple of hundred invitations , it felt as though there must be at least ten times as many of the little darlings present .
3 Well I i they had the mascot from the it would have only gone out on their home territory .
4 In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year .
5 Good I 've only found out today about you
6 ‘ You 've only tipped out our travel bags this time . ’
7 Of course , she had only nipped out to do a spot of shopping in London 's Covent Garden .
8 She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave .
9 He had only gone out socially with his secretary for after-work drinks and may then have only been less formal than if her were at work . ’
10 Harry had only to reach out his hand to restrain him , but movement seemed suddenly to have deserted him .
11 Clarac had only to step out of line once and he would be out , family connections or no .
12 You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled .
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