Example sentences of "the only [noun sg] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the only response you can make to any child who 's facing a challenge is that you care , that you will be patient , that you will go on and on and on . |
| 2 | which is the only update I can do , cos they 're in banks of four . |
| 3 | First , it is the only sense which can appear in a neutral , or minimal context , as in 69 : |
| 4 | Maybe about 1,000–1 , ’ said the only man who can pull off the improbable four-timer this year . |
| 5 | He is seen as the only man who can keep the peace between those who want to slow the pace of reform and those who want to speed it up . |
| 6 | The lintel is so low that the only man who can enter is the man who is down on his knees . |
| 7 | Well if Labour do n't get in do n't get in this time , the only person they can blame is their leader . |
| 8 | You 're the only person we can ask , Liz . |
| 9 | You 're the only person I can talk to . |
| 10 | The only person I can see following me is you . |
| 11 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 12 | But erm , the , so although he , he , the point I 'm making is although it was who says he mentioned symbolism , or became aware of it , it 's er , it does n't conflict with the point th that , that we were making earlier , that the only person who can interpret their dreams is the dreamer ultimately . |
| 13 | He is the only person who can make it possible for us to become ourselves — to become a true person in an impersonal world . |
| 14 | I do know that my sister is in the hands of the only person who can perform this highly skilled operation , and that he is someone who saw fit to increase his patient 's fears at a time when she most needed reassurance . |
| 15 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 16 | The person who issued it is the only person who can change it . ’ |
| 17 | Chris is the only person who can approve what ? |
| 18 | You 're the only person who can help me . ’ |
| 19 | COLBERT : I was sitting next to Bob Mcknight , and five seconds before it happened I said to Bob , the only person who can fuck this up is Tom Carroll . |
| 20 | Is Jenny Hubbell ( Marsha Mason ) the only person who can get through to Kevin ? |
| 21 | You are the only person who can take care of your health . |
| 22 | You are the only person who can take care of yourself when you have an accident , so be very , very careful around the home . |
| 23 | And the only person who can disprove it is Puddephat himself . |
| 24 | However , you are the only person who can judge the value of the relationship . |
| 25 | Perhaps you can wrap fish and chips in computer output , but that , it seems to me , is the only asset I can think of for ordinary domestic life . |
| 26 | If this is the only decision they can come up with , they should resign en bloc . |
| 27 | They see the child as basically a , a little animal , a wild animal , who has to be tamed , and er , disciplined and controlled by er , various means , and er , this is the , I think the view of the child that was more popular in British education , at least traditional education , which erm , for the public schools of Eton , which in this country was based on er , on er brutality , I think there 's the only word you can call it . |
| 28 | Therefore , the only committee which can over-ride it , is this one . |
| 29 | I am not taking an easy road and that I risk not being understood by many fellow countrymen , " he wrote , " but this is the only road I can follow in conscience . |
| 30 | It is the only way which can bring success , happiness and freedom . |