Example sentences of "she could only [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She could only blame the sun , and the sea , and the insidious calypso music . |
| 3 | She understood that she could only leave the flat to shop for food at the Indian-owned store at the end of the street . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She could only whisper the words , her feelings were too intense , and his lips covered hers as he held her head to his and began to move inside her . |
| 6 | She could only whisper the words . |
| 7 | She could only approximate the position . |
| 8 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 9 | She could only see the ceiling , but she could imagine the sight her bottom made : just overlapping the table , with her thighs spread wide to present a perfect picture of her intimate sexual opening to an enthralled audience . |
| 10 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 11 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 12 | Presently she could see him again ; his head was erect , but his eyes were cast down so that she could only see the dark . |
| 13 | If she could only keep the secret a week or two more it might be possible , after her uncle had gone away to sea , to persuade her Aunt Ann to let them marry . |
| 14 | If she could only find the courage to follow it through … |