Example sentences of "he [modal v] only [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same way he may only despatch the liquor to the customer outwith permitted hours . |
| 2 | The child knows that he may only win the object or activity back by compliance . |
| 3 | And he 'll only start the job if he can afford it , that 's if he 's a wise man . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 5 | He felt that if he could only solve the button problem something else would be explained . |
| 6 | He might have listened to complaints of how stifling an aunt could be when one wanted to wander around London alone , or how one got sick in Venice or Paris , but he could only touch an elbow with mock sympathy or pat a sea-sprayed hand . |
| 7 | But he was an awkward man in conversation , he could only string a couple of pithy sentences together , or a witty epigram . |
| 8 | He could only use the microphone after his two Iraqi assistants had gone home . |
| 9 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 10 | There was a psalm he wanted to say before he went , but he could only remember the beginning of it , so he repeated the words over and over again : " Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee , O Lord : Lord hear my voice … " |
| 11 | He could only imagine the impatience of the thousands waiting in the late summer sun outside . |
| 12 | He 'd only smoke the stuff . |
| 13 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 14 | And if Rangers striker Mark Hateley needs a preview of what he 's up against at Ibrox tonight , he need only watch a video replay of that moment of madness . |
| 15 | The North Korean Prime Minister , Yon Hyong Muk , in a telephone message on Aug. 9 to his Southern counterpart , Kang Young Hoon , stated that he would only accept the list of visitors if the South met three preconditions . |
| 16 | The head of an agency can not typically ensure that his subordinates behave in a way that is exactly specified ; he can only design a policy to which they respond , and his perception of their response shapes the design . |
| 17 | Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . |
| 18 | If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked . |
| 19 | If the referee has any doubt as to whether or not a try would have been scored he can only award a penalty , exactly the decision in the final . |
| 20 | The accomplice becomes an enemy , and in due course a victim , at which point he can only salute the irony of his being executed on All Souls , Day : ‘ This is the day wherein I wished to fall/By the false faith of him whom most I trusted ’ ( V.i . |
| 21 | He can only highlight the atmosphere supporting the plot , especially those circumstances where he has to portray differences between classes and thus general behaviour , idiosyncrasies , etc. , for example the contrast that must be made between the dances for all and sundry in the town square and those for the aristocrats in the ballroom of Romeo and Juliet . |
| 22 | … Now , in this case , it was agreed , that the defendant should quit at Candlemas ; and though the agreement is void as to the number of years for which the defendant was to hold , if the lessor chooses to determine the tenancy before the expiration of the seven years , he can only put an end to it at Candlemas . |
| 23 | he can only have a siesta |