Example sentences of "[modal v] only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well you do it , I 'll only muck it up . |
| 2 | Erm , what I 'll also do , we 'll only sort of talk for about twenty five minutes , about the essay , and then we 'll look at sh writing short answers er , for the exam , |
| 3 | No wonder , Blanche realised , Swod could only pinion his face into the imitation of a smile . |
| 4 | Aisha 's insistent words in the grain store , as she shook her gold earrings and the bangles on her wrist , urging me to stay at home , but I could only gaze at her shoes and marvel at how exactly they matched her handbag . |
| 5 | ‘ Why — is he going away quite soon ? ’ asked Felicity in dismay , and Breeze could only gaze at her in astonishment . |
| 6 | Since it was Dane 's name on the hoardings which had sold out the theatre on opening night and for several weeks to come , Josh 's kindness brought a painful lump to her throat , and she could only gaze at him in mute gratitude . |
| 7 | Startled , Theda could only gaze at him . |
| 8 | She could not look away , could only gaze back at him , wondering what he sought . |
| 9 | For a second she could only gaze at him , completely at a loss . |
| 10 | Stephen Pears made a fine save but could only palm the ball into the path of Steve Butler . |
| 11 | But on forty one minutes it was Milton who took the lead as new signee from A E R Harwell , Robbie Munn , was on hand to slide the ball home from close range as Matt Utteridge in the Bishops ' goal could only palm away Nigel Mott 's probing cross to send Milton in at the interval leading by a goal to nil . |
| 12 | But spending that hundred thousand pounds as we were told at the time , would only part solve the problem . |
| 13 | To cover herself now would be like doing a striptease in reverse , and would only emphasis her uncomfortable consciousness of her bare flesh . |
| 14 | For a brief moment it seemed that the rain still hesitated , that it would only patter dispiritedly on the dust-filled gutters where its drops rolled like quick-silver . |
| 15 | That would only distress her . |
| 16 | Would the lack of charitable registration impair non-taxable status totally , or would only investment income be taxable as in the case of non-profit making social clubs ? |
| 17 | Caps Lock will only type letters in upper case . |
| 18 | Gould , forced to operate at the lower end of the transfer market as Coventry tighten their belts , can only gaze in wonder as Dalglish spends multi-millionaire Jack Walker 's money . |
| 19 | If you choose the ‘ one direction ’ option , you can only wellie it in the direction you 're facing . |
| 20 | The Tories are , as in 1966 , once more devoid of ideas and can only resort to attacking and insulting the other parties . |
| 21 | Her lips are so swollen she is unable to eat and can only sip drinks through a straw . |
| 22 | No you ca n't , you , you only have , you can only hand write . |
| 23 | The decision can only fuel speculation that it is suffering badly in the heat of an overcrowded Sparc-compatible marketplace that it once had to itself . |
| 24 | Observe that the process is free to execute any of the corresponding SKIP guards ( unc and can only deadlock if it does execute one of these guards . |