Example sentences of "can only [verb] that [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only assume that Clinton means well . |
| 2 | Dagenham 's employees can only hope that Ford does not resurrect the phrase in the 1990s . |
| 3 | He was a very volatile character when playing and I can only hope that age has quietened him down . |
| 4 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 5 | What takes place when someone learns something can not be observed directly ; we can only know that learning has taken place by examining changes m the person 's behaviour after the event . |