Example sentences of "[pron] could only " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I could only think of stupid , unimportant questions . |
| 32 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 33 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 34 | By the age of five I was given glasses which had no effect , serving only to restrict my field of vision , since I could only really see to read with one eye . |
| 35 | I could only resolve the confusion by refusing to be involved with any political activity . |
| 36 | I could only be the Shangri-La Singapore . |
| 37 | I wanted to use different coloured pens to mark out various patterns on the same sheet as I could only afford to buy one sheet at the time . |
| 38 | She told me : ‘ I was really upset to read that an ‘ insider ’ , whoever that might be , had said I was so busy creating an image for myself in the music industry and trying to be a film star that I could only do four episodes of the latest series . |
| 39 | And then when I was about seven I went for an eye test where you get one of those cards with all the dots on , and , you 're supposed to see fifty-seven but I could only see twenty-seven . |
| 40 | At my tender age , I could only look on . |
| 41 | ‘ I could only convince his wife , whose one concern is to save her stepdaughter . |
| 42 | But sheer sensation — the warmth of the sun , the scent of the air , the mundane pleasure of tea and biscuits — simple well-being possessed me so that I could only feel , not think . |
| 43 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 44 | This year I could only stay a very short time , as I had to get out to Cliveden for a charity ball the same evening . |
| 45 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 46 | I said my vows a bit too loud and they seemed to echo round the light oak panelling of the room ; Gill seemed to overcompensate and whispered hers so that the registrar and I could only just hear . |
| 47 | Often I could only afford a small steak and kidney pie and I 'd give it to him , or a chop . |
| 48 | ‘ I bore you , I could only bore you . ’ |
| 49 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 50 | I could only think of that oh so English phrase ‘ It 's not fair ’ . |
| 51 | My first name was Philip , but when I was a small child I could only manage to say Pip . |
| 52 | I could only just control my tears . |
| 53 | I could only be glad that I had never spoken of my plan to Joe , when he was looking after me . |
| 54 | Its door was only a metre high and half a metre wide , so I could only just get inside on my hands and knees . |
| 55 | I was so tired with the journey and the entertainment that I could only walk and speak with difficulty for the next three days . |
| 56 | I could only see him when they said I could , and they would be stood right next to me , watching me all the time . |
| 57 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 58 | If I could only see , I 'd try to make you love me again , but … ’ and he sighed deeply . |
| 59 | If I could only look at you , I 'd know ! ’ |
| 60 | I could only imagine that Brian had managed to loosen his hands . |