Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] only be [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could only be of help . ’ |
| 2 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 3 | I consider that it could only be of assistance to them if they had that foundation with which to commence their overview of the requirements of the case and the discharge of their statutory duty under the Children Act 1989 . |
| 4 | And he still filled it , but now it could only be with regret for the enormity of her mistakes . |
| 5 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 6 | Only gradually did it dawn on those responsible that vigorous and determined nationalist organizations had grown up in the shadow of the Japanese , that these movements had flourished exceedingly in the vacuum left by the collapse of Japanese power , and that if the colonial regimes were to be reconstituted it could only be by force . |
| 7 | And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector . |
| 8 | ‘ It would only be for investigation , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Both Canada and Argentina admit that it would only be by default that they would take on the task of staging the tournament . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm going to bed , Emily , ’ he said , his voice slurred , ‘ I do n't think I 'll bother to go to my office tomorrow , it would only be in order to wind matters up in any case . ’ |