Example sentences of "he only had [verb] " in BNC.

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1	He only had to visit Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , even East Germany , and political earthquakes followed .
2	Consequently , he only had to borrow £50,000 from a building society to buy a £85,000 home .
3	But today , he only had to listen , because the little girl talked and talked and talked .
4	He was n't blind to the fact that he only had to say , ‘ What are you doing tonight ? ’ and he need n't be alone anymore .
5	For this he only had to spend four months in France , thus profiting from considerable tax concessions for non residents .
6	as if he knew that he only had to put his arms around her for her to immediately surrender , to succumb , a willing victim , to the force of his dark enchantment .
7	He only had to remember the day after Dobson 's resignation .
8	And if he did attempt to round up the collection , he only had to miss one to arouse suspicion .
9	Alexei guessed that if Burun wished to discredit him with Artai he only had to link his name with any one of the intrigues which were a constant background to the life of the court .
10	He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion .
11	Maybe he thought that since there 'd been sixty-odd quid in my bag there 'd be more on my person , and he only had to wait till I nodded off and then he 'd nick it and away .
12	He only had to wait 6–8 weeks .
13	He only had to wait . ’
14	And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point .
15	But by the Canal Turn he knew and by Valentines he realised he only had to stand up to win .
16	It also meant he only had to walk across the Paddock when he went on night duty . ’

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