Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] can only [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not like me to lack perception and I can only suppose that my enthusiasm overruled my common sense . |
| 2 | But when we exercise we need more oxygen and we can only get that by pumping more blood around our body . |
| 3 | if it was a machine and you can only use your own pin number you see to do everything |
| 4 | When asked who they will vote for , they are being asked as experts because they know about their own vote ; ask them who will win the election and they can only guess , rely on anecdotal information or regurgitate polls or commentators they have read . |
| 5 | Some names will occur naturally in the narrative and I can only hope that the others know how highly their contribution , co-operation and companionship were valued . |
| 6 | Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . |
| 7 | I had n't even noticed the pickets and I can only presume that they had parted before me as I walked towards them as they still do today . |
| 8 | Holy Mass is in the evening and I can only say that the warmth of the presence of God is felt . |
| 9 | ‘ Barney , it 's a wretched , miserable business and I can only guess what it 's doing to you . |
| 10 | ‘ Nothing has changed since the revolution and I can only see things getting worse and worse . |
| 11 | He was never told why he lost his captaincy and I can only think that the committee felt that a more adventurous approach was needed . |
| 12 | The defended sites in Britain have to be studied in detail against this development and I can only hope that this short contribution may help to inspire more thought and action along these lines of research . |
| 13 | The three culprits are depicted , Welsh Nationalists of otherwise impeccable character and one can only admire their somewhat misguided coup . |
| 14 | The Ibrox manager , Walter Smith , said : ‘ It is obviously a worrying wait to see if they will be fit for Belgium but we have had to overcome injury to both these players at other stages of the season and I can only hope we are able to do so again . ’ |
| 15 | Wilko said : ‘ David has been in tremendous form in the early games and we can only hope the trouble clears up by Saturday . ’ |
| 16 | Now the council is demanding that preachers apply for prior permission to use council property and they can only spread the ‘ good news ’ at specified times and one at a time . |
| 17 | It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that ALL fees are paid promptly , particularly P.A.F. and Insurance as the Sports Council Grant Panel will expect us to prove that we are measuring up to their requirements in the Autumn and we can only do this by showing monies actually received and in the Bank . |
| 18 | So there are only a few foxes in the neighbourhood of the colony and they can only raid the margins of it . |
| 19 | Considering the wretchedness for which these floating prisons later became infamous it was an unhappy endorsement and one can only assume that his short-term view of a particular problem was allowed to obscure his longer term aims . |
| 20 | But Micromail and you can only access it yourself |
| 21 | Anyone who considers such trivial questions as humour or literary merit is clearly living in a previous century and I can only refer them to the motto of the Punch accountancy department , which is : ‘ If they can read , we do n't want 'em . ’ |
| 22 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 23 | It is not the same when you do not have to whisper to your companions and you can only dream of the carp as tiny dots sixty yards or more away . |