Example sentences of "you [modal v] only [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we we often had people coming and asking to use our telephone , because either the telephones were erm all out of order , or you could only dial for emergencies . |
| 2 | Do n't dive , you will only fall into midnight . |
| 3 | Does , does that mean you can only go in winter here ? |
| 4 | While you can only rely on issues raised in the statements that you exchange , and you must not mislead the court or the other side , you are not under an obligation to give your opponent notice of any weak points in your case . |
| 5 | ‘ You can only trust in God and yourself . |
| 6 | remember : you can only ask for water if you establish and maintain an overlap before you are two board lengths from the mark . |
| 7 | You can only get to Rudolfo 's by the road we took the other day when they found the car- or else on foot there 's a bit of a patch half a kilometre on from here — and in any case Rudolfo wo n't be down until tomorrow , being Palm Sunday . |
| 8 | You may not be insured for theft or malicious damage by a lodger and usually you can only claim for theft if there has been a forced entry from outside . |
| 9 | Cos there 's some words you can only have in plural and not in single . |