Example sentences of "the only [noun sg] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of Section 1.8 we noted that the only interpretation one could put upon the equality unc between the two polynomials mentioned is that 1 = 0 , -3 = 0 and 2 = 0 in Q. Thus the above equality is meaningful but blatantly false . |
| 2 | But the only noise he could hear coming from the barn was the men 's loud and regular breathing , and when he entered , he found them all asleep , including Troy . |
| 3 | Population decline , of course , was not the only factor which could affect wages . |
| 4 | Erm I think it was an inter-club actually , oh the inter-club table show was the only night he could manage and that was no good to us so erm we , we the only way we could do it was to t bring him the night that there was a full table show transfer the full table show to the champion of champions judge that first and put the winning fish into the champion of champions and I know , well it 's gon na be woof you know a rush and that will , oh well , never mind . |
| 5 | But even so he stripped her without haste , all the while keeping up a slow calculated assault on her senses , until the only thought she could cling to was that she must n't reveal her love . |
| 6 | ‘ When I did get back she had a very strange and dangerous problem which she dumped in my lap , assured me I was the only man she could trust to handle it . |
| 7 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 8 | The King was sure that the present Prime Minister was the only man who could save the country and His Majesty himself was prepared to support him … |
| 9 | He caused more suffering among his allow drivers than any other man I ever saw race and the only man who could possibly come closer to him as a road-hog , even when his own position was hopeless , was Riccardo Patrese , a far more refined driver than Clay in every other respect . |
| 10 | Heston 's the only man who could drop out of a cubic moon — he 's so square [ very hip talk for 1964 ! ] . |
| 11 | The RAC Rally 's 16,000 miles of rutted and gravel tracks are far removed from McGuigan 's deafening fight nights in the mid-1980s , when he was applauded as the only man who could walk down the Falls and Shankhill Roads and be welcomed in both . |
| 12 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 13 | THE ONLY man who could actually get Deirdre nicked off him . |
| 14 | In that election the candidate dropped out at the last minute and the only man who could be found to replace him was living in Zambia . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , to the only man I could trust . |
| 16 | You may , sir , the rather believe me when I declare that the only man I could honour more than another is the gentleman who of all others seeks my everlasting dishonour . |
| 17 | But I just ca n't do this with anyone else , because a long time ago I was raped , and my lover is the only man I could bear to touch me . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher should do either as the Mail demands and replace Mr Lawson with a Chancellor of whose policies she can wholeheartedly approve or , as Mr Heseltine urges , lift her veto against the only course which could give credibility to an exchange rate policy . |
| 19 | Was this the only life he could lead ? |
| 20 | The only part I could |
| 21 | The only function I could perform now was to take the body back to Skeldale House for disposal . |
| 22 | Jessie was in love with this young man , this young bruiser of a fellow , because that 's the only name you could give him , at least by the look of him . |
| 23 | In the end , the only question she could frame was the simplest one of all : ‘ What have you done about this ? ’ |
| 24 | That 's the kind of war this one was , one where the only person you could trust was yourself , and yourself not that much . |
| 25 | It was the only person he could think of . |
| 26 | He 'd desperately needed to talk to someone about this and when he 'd thought about it , William was the only person he could talk to . |
| 27 | And , though he would never admit it , his stepson was the only person he could trust to handle his business interests . |
| 28 | The only person he could tell was his mother . |
| 29 | Richie was the only person he could think of with the necessary clout . |
| 30 | The only person it could have been was Kerry . |