Example sentences of "one [vb mod] only [verb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One can only speculate what would have happened had this not been done but I seriously doubt if we would be meeting here today had not the capital infusion been made in 1990 and this plan put into place and well executed . |
| 2 | One can only speculate what magical chess we would have seen in matches with Karpov and Kasparov . |
| 3 | One can only guess what became of the dogs of the town , for they were usually trained to guard their master 's property to the death . |
| 4 | One can only decide what part of a message is new and what part is given within a linguistic or situational context . |
| 5 | Since she has pushed the decade for almost her entire career , one can only wonder what she 'll do now that everyone else has followed suit . |
| 6 | One can only wonder what kept Alpine dwellers pinned to their meagre existence beyond habit , tradition and nowhere else to go . |
| 7 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 8 | One can only imagine what it looks like at night . |
| 9 | At a national level one can only imagine what the development consequences might be for countries with already declining or collapsing economies . |