Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] only [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll only choose peach , burgundy with a pattern in , okay ? |
| 2 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 3 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 4 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 5 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 6 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 7 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 8 | I can only give evidence and if they do n't believe my evidence , he 's innocent . |
| 9 | I can only pass comment on when I went through my training because it 's all changed . |
| 10 | I can only put money there . |
| 11 | I I said well I suppose it 's I do and he said but you work hard June , I said I know but I said kno I said what I do , I can only have hour out there and an hour inside . |
| 12 | How I do need to look away from self to God , I can only find satisfaction : in him . |
| 13 | Ms Botwin has found that a good clue to spotting a fear of intimacy is when someone can only have sex with people they do n't care about , but can confide and be intimate with people of the opposite sex who are seen as just good friends . |
| 14 | With more confidence , more people would be looking to invest in capital goods like office furniture , which could only help Project and its 450 Haverhill workforce , he said . |
| 15 | As Lothar was still only in the lower clerical orders , those of the deacon , he had to be ordained priest , which could only take place on the ember days , so accordingly the ceremonies were delayed until Saturday and Sunday 21/22 February , six weeks after the election . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , whatever success was achieved within these programmes it was not enough to change the general picture of an agricultural system which could only expand production by having access to more land . |
| 17 | Buy organically grown food if you can , but do not fret if you can not ( which will only cause stress ) . |
| 18 | Unfortunately they went back to their bad old ways during the autumn in the championship , but they have now regained that hungry look which can only spell trouble for their rivals . |
| 19 | What we also see is a description of this underlying God which can only make sense in personal terms . |
| 20 | That is the inevitable result of the doctrine which can only afford protection of the defendant at the risk or price of causing an injustice to the plaintiff . |
| 21 | You may only enter development ( unapproved ) modules into LIFESPAN . |
| 22 | but I can not emphasize too strongly that you should only choose furniture and furnishings that make you feel comfortable . |
| 23 | It does not follow that in owning a funboard you should only learn funboard techniques . |
| 24 | You 'll only bring misery and distress on your own country ! |
| 25 | say , if you 've got thirty thousand in , you 'll only get protection on |
| 26 | ‘ If you 'll only take hold of this damn bag so I can go I will . |
| 27 | But her mouth was dry with tension , and she could only manage orange juice and coffee . |
| 28 | She tells me that when she came to South Africa from Lithuania in 1910 and met her husband Abe Moses , she could only speak Yiddish . |
| 29 | She could only hope Dane would feel the same way . |
| 30 | If she could only stop eating . |