Example sentences of "they could only [vb infin] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wills were normally made shortly before death , as many a shaky signature can testify ; some people left it so late that they could only make an oral statement ( or nuncupative will ) , which was written down and sworn to by witnesses . |
| 2 | Trade unionists knew that they could only achieve a limited level of their ambitions through industrial means and they realized that they needed working class MPs to support them in parliament . |
| 3 | They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school . |
| 4 | She replied that they could only get an ‘ impression ’ of the girl and there was no use looking farther . |
| 5 | They could only see an obdurate , ungrateful son , old enough to know better , selfishly concerned with his own desires and no one else 's . |
| 6 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |