Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] only [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he could only guess at the enemy 's destination Hawke did not hesitate , as his despatch to the Admiralty next day confirms : ‘ I have carried a press of sail all night , with a hard gale at south-south-east , in pursuit of the enemy , and make no doubt of coming up with them at sea or in Quiberon Bay . ’ |
| 2 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 3 | The Inquisitor knew that he should only think of Meh'Lindi as a wonderful , living weapon . |
| 4 | The problem with Orwell is that he could only think of class conflict in terms of major insurrectionary conflict . |
| 5 | In the last five years since he set up his consultancy from his Bayswater home with a £20,000 overdraft and a stack of letterhead stationery , he has insisted that he will only work for causes in which he believes , and these causes are , by and large , left-wing . |
| 6 | He understands that he can only go to the heads on a falling tide . " |
| 7 | ‘ In relation to a dwelling-house , whether it is a protected tenancy or not , the plaintiff may not enter into possession himself , even peaceably , and he can only enter into possession under a writ of possession ( Protection from Eviction Act 1977 , section 3 ) negativing to this extent Aglionby v. Cohen [ 1955 ] 1 Q.B . |
| 8 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 9 | A male is potentially capable of fertilizing hundreds of females , if he could only copulate with them . |
| 10 | ‘ But he would only gossip about people he was fond of , ’ Fenella Fielding told me . |
| 11 | But he 'll only talk about |
| 12 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 13 | He did try , but he could only stand on one foot . |
| 14 | But he could only glance at her briefly as he complimented her . |
| 15 | His line was that he 'd lost contact with Malcolm because he could only stand to be with him for so long at a stretch . |
| 16 | Sadly , this is what Arts educationalists like Malcolm Ross ( 1978 ) would deny our children , for he can only perceive of drama as a Performing Art . |