Example sentences of "only go [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sick and tired of stopping and starting , of going up banks only to go down them again , of being whacked in the face by the branches of trees that the dogs ran under , and of not knowing where we were going or why . |
| 2 | Later when he wanted to release him he had only to go through the same motion but this time having his hand covered with a substance that would neutralize the smell . |
| 3 | Nearly every farmer had a barrel of the stuff in his cow house in those days and I had only to go into the corner and turn the tap . |
| 4 | Sunday was not much better ; Miss Huntley had not risen from her bed until one p.m. and had not left the flat until five , then only to go to the cinema . |
| 5 | From the moment children leave the cosy nest of home , even if only to go to nursery school , parents lose the power to choose and control all their children 's friendships . |
| 6 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 7 | Many fewer people leave school at 16 than did when the examinations were introduced ; and more every year are being encouraged to stay at school or to leave only to go to sixth-form college , college of further education , or wherever else they may receive education that will lead to a higher accreditation . |
| 8 | Scouts had only to go to the North-east , the Birmingham area or any of the thickly populated districts to discover several players almost up to the top League standard . |
| 9 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 10 | Indeed , one had only to go to Rhodesia to see the ample supply of consumer goods in the shops from every part of the world to realise that sanctions were nothing but an empty farce , and that the claim that they were going to bring Mr Ian Smith to his knees was a total fraud . |
| 11 | Should Alexei Sultanov find himself , in 40 years , all washed up , he will need only to go to Fort Worth to find all the tribute due to a Van Cliburn winner in the prime of life . |
| 12 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 13 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 14 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 15 | He only goes to the shops and back on it . |
| 16 | This life history , which extends to 311 pages , deals mainly with the writer 's early life in Poland and his travels before coming to America ; in fact he only goes to America 17 pages from the end , at the age of 27 . |
| 17 | But you can not expect the taxpayers to provide extra help for one-parent families unless someone tries to ensure that the money only goes to families which really do have only one parent in them . |
| 18 | ‘ This lift only goes to the penthouse , ’ he mocked as they came to a smooth halt . |
| 19 | No because the structure plan itself as approved only goes to nineteen ninety six . |
| 20 | At a time of rising costs , he can make sure extra feed only goes to ewes that are in lamb . |
| 21 | only goes to about five inches |
| 22 | ‘ Carter 's a queer that only goes for straights ? ’ |
| 23 | you know and , and not only goes without the psychoanalyse , at least this is the sense I get not only about psychoanalyse , but also to sort of knocked out and , and er maybe that 's , maybe that 's trying to do and that was the point I also have n't read the book so I do n't know . |
| 24 | What does , what what only goes into conventional memory not into expanded ? |
| 25 | The peo the machine only goes off bad if somebody has n't been maintaining it . |
| 26 | Especially if only goes in advertising section . |
| 27 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |
| 28 | they were only going on their reputation |
| 29 | Good job he 's only going on his own then in n it ? |
| 30 | they 're only going on people 's information |