Example sentences of "could [vb infin] only the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that he will agree that ’ Our Farming Future ’ could cover only the factors over which we have real control . |
| 2 | At first it was behind Claypole Ridge , and I could see only the top of it , the smallest smudge . |
| 3 | Two wooden fences , two wire fences , and all lit as day , all covered by the watch-towers standing in each corner of the compound , and over the highest of the wooden fences he could see only the roof of the prison . |
| 4 | For example , in a piece such as ‘ Swing low , sweet chariot ’ the accompaniment could use only the words ‘ Swing low ’ , and just here and there ( and especially at the end ) join the soloist at the repeated ‘ coming for to carry me home ’ . |
| 5 | But he could quote only the case of the thirty books on agriculture by the Carthaginian Mago which were translated into Latin by order of the Roman Senate ( Pliny , N.H. 18.22 ) . |
| 6 | Their mean , human activity was discordant , and she moved on , until she could hear only the swish of the trees in the wind , and the patter of falling rain . |
| 7 | He could hear only the sound of Sam 's tongue lathering Tom 's face and a gentle breeze gliding through the trees . |
| 8 | For example , in P1/T1–T4 we could retain only the rows marked with an asterisk in addition to the objective row , without any loss of information . |
| 9 | Trusts however depended on remedies in personam : the intended beneficiary could sue only the trustee , even if the trustee had long since ceased to be in possession of the object under trust . |