Example sentences of "she [modal v] only [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stupid things , she thought , she 'll only get into trouble , snogging at break , honestly . |
| 2 | Rolling over was a painful if not too difficult manoeuvre , but , even with Travis helping all he could , it was an exhausting process trying to find his pocket and reach into it when she could only go by touch . |
| 3 | There was such comfort , such happiness with him that she could only sigh with pleasure . |
| 4 | She could only think of Adam and pray he would be all right . |
| 5 | She could only watch in horror from the street as a local man and soldiers battled bravely to save four-year-old Stacey and two-year-old Ciara from the blaze . |
| 6 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 7 | She could only look on Roirbak as some kind of doctor who would be dealing with her intimately shortly . |
| 8 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |
| 9 | His face , less hollowed and drawn already than her first impression of it , possessed a quality in repose she could only describe as beauty , of a very virile , masculine variety . |
| 10 | She reckoned that she could only take on board a limited number of surprises in any given period , and her quota for the year had just been reached . |
| 11 | He looked anything but gratified , and she could only marvel at Araminta 's inability to see how unwelcome was the good fortune that had come to him . |
| 12 | We could n't get a straight reply — she 'd only answer in sign language . |
| 13 | Her rehabilitation is now almost complete , and thanks to the special care of the Stokenchurch dog 's home and the patience of her new owners , she can only go from strength to strength . |