Example sentences of "[pers pn] could only [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 2 | I could only manage a whisper . |
| 3 | ‘ I could only find a bottle of bourbon and some after-dinner liqueurs , ’ she told him , being careful to avoid contact with his hand . |
| 4 | And when I picked it up , I could only hear a whisper . |
| 5 | Unfortunately I could only get a ticket for the liverpool end . |
| 6 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 7 | It may sound priggish , but she says it 's unwise to go against one 's nature , its fundamental requirements , she knew that she could only make a go of it , a real go — and that was what she wanted — with some very extraordinary kind of man , and she had n't met him yet . |
| 8 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 9 | But if you 'd , if the original sum assured was only sixty thousand , you could only have a quarter , so you could only have fifteen thousand pounds maximum . |
| 10 | As individuals we could only raise a fraction of the figure from our personal resources , but Barclays were able to provide a Basis Loan , which together with conventional bank facilities , was enough to fund the purchase . |
| 11 | But he was an awkward man in conversation , he could only string a couple of pithy sentences together , or a witty epigram . |