Example sentences of "she could only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her mouth was dry with tension , and she could only manage orange juice and coffee . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She could only hope Dane would feel the same way . |
| 4 | If she could only stop eating . |
| 5 | Just so long as the two of them were involved professionally , she was at ease with him , but once that link was severed , she could only feel antagonism towards him . |
| 6 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 7 | If she could only see Troy now , he would help her to decide ! |
| 8 | If she could only persuade Isabel to come downstairs , other than for meals , to talk to her , to listen to the radio , not to be afraid of meeting the butcher or the postman or whatever visitor might call . |
| 9 | She could only sell St Agatha once , and there was precious little left besides to sell . |