Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pers pn] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although she told me she can only ring when her daddy is out as he does n't like animals … |
| 2 | Now John says he he can only imagine that they 're selecting them out . |
| 3 | Write your information on the back and tell them they can only eat the eggs after the instructions have been copied down . |
| 4 | So , I think , if you are asking me I can only speak of my personal experience . |
| 5 | A small indeterminate woman in a lightly belted black raincoat slipped in past me : she had wispy fair hair and I could see at once from whence the twins had inherited what I can only describe as their nebulousness — a sense of the nebulae or star cluster that is better seen out of the corner of the eye . |
| 6 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 7 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 8 | ‘ The Darkfall strike generates what we can only call at this stage a chemical reaction . |