Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 And if there 's anything I can do — or Mr Mentiply — anything at all , you 've only to say the word . ’
2 He used to say : ‘ I think music is in the air all around me : I 've only to take as much as I want ’ .
3 ‘ You 've only to hold on , and let the archers begin and end it . ’
4 Mr Baker 's party takes a different view ; they 've only to explain to the public how we 're going to succeed if we do n't invest in our own future , in our education and training and in good social services for our people , because I do n't see how it can be done .
5 I 've only to close my eyes and relax a bit to imagine myself back in Africa — except that the indefinable Eastern smell is missing . ’
6 I 've only to let relatives in this afternoon .
7 You 've only to read the new Parents Charter , which John Major is introducing , to realise this .
8 It often if not always involves children and schools and we 've only to list the petitions that come in here to realise that .
9 You 've just to get on and overcome them .
10 You 've got to , oh you 've just to keep it straight .
11 But the bees not only knew the voice of their owner but also his particular smell : one bee-keeper told the writer : ‘ Whenever I go to the barber 's I 've always to tell him : ‘ Nothing on , thank you . ’
12 We 've still to tackle up the horses and fetch out the wagons …
13 ’ I 've still to add the commercial bits . ’
14 Mm I 've still to have that proved to me to be honest .
15 ‘ I 've still to make my mind up , ’ said Murray , who runs in a special 2,000 metres race in next Saturday 's TSB Invitation meeting in Birmingham before leaving the next day for three road races in California ; a 5K , 10K and 5K .
16 Oxford looked ready and willing … but Cambridge who 've still to finalise their line-up looked a little lost …
17 I 've still to get myself sorted out .
18 We 've still to , we 've still to come
19 They 've got enough from the stomach alone to kill him twice over and they 've still to separate it from the liver and muscles .
20 What , what you 've also to bear in mind is
21 I 've yet to see a case of what we would define as really rape .
22 If there 's anything more ridiculous than a periwigged Pooh-Bah in his frills and furbelows I 've yet to see it .
23 I 've yet to see a lovable moptop Inspiral Carpet in the flesh , but obviously they 're on the verge of making it here when they 're staying in the same hotel as Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden .
24 Several modifications have been suggested , but unfortunately there was no snow for the Aviemore race so I 've yet to see it in action .
25 I 've yet to see anything except weeds grow in this place . "
26 I move that resolution and on I 've yet to see any evidence of them .
27 If there 's sky on a winter morning in England , I 've yet to see it .
28 Can I reiterate what he he actually said in a meeting with Calum er Carole Degucht er last year er he said I do y the honourable , my honourable friend said I do not see that uniformity means adopting a system of proportional representation and I 've yet to see a good case as to the merits of different states adopting the same procedure .
29 We 've yet to decide the date of the next event .
30 That 's very helpful , erm I mean obviously , we 've yet to decide who 's going to do the research , and who 's going to do all the considering .
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