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

  Next page
No Sentence
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 .
  Next page