Example sentences of "she had only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the surface the man seemed to be part of the backbone of the community , but she had only to remember the marked reluctance shown by those of his employees she had tried to interview that afternoon to realise that all was n't as it seemed . |
| 2 | She had only to watch the porter 's moves next day to learn the times when he visited his charge , and espy where the two keys of the penal cells hung side by side in the gatehouse . |
| 3 | She had only to sit back with perfect composure — something at which she was adept — and wait for him to find his way through the necessary preliminaries to the real business of this meeting . |
| 4 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |
| 5 | ‘ She had only to see something once and she remembered it . |
| 6 | It seems to have been her settled conviction that she had only to see and to speak to him , and he would agree to return to her . |
| 7 | Then a smiling procession of medical staff presented themselves , each of whom told Elinor that if there was anything she wanted , she had only to ask . |
| 8 | She had only to hide at one of these places and wait , and they would all come along sooner or later . |
| 9 | She had only to make the decision . |
| 10 | In the past she had only to think of being in an enclosed space and she would feel panic rising within her . |
| 11 | She had only to follow the road now . |
| 12 | But then of course Paula was so lovely she had only to look at a boy to have him crazy about her , Sally thought wretchedly . |
| 13 | She had only to look at Mrs Jebeau 's face to see it ; in fact , she could smell trouble in that direction . |
| 14 | It was as Ling had said — she had only to look in her heart to see Silas . |
| 15 | She had only to survive a minute and help would be here . |