Example sentences of "[pers pn] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only hope that the bursar now inhabits a wholly healthy Oxford . |
| 2 | I can only put it down to the strong classical emphasis which prevails in the courses offered in the UK , although many of the university drama courses in the USA do stage Shakespeare and the European classical authors . |
| 3 | ‘ … and as I speed through the dark night to the abyss of oblivion , I can only say thanks , thanks for the memory … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The compositions are always so bad I can only face them if I do so right away . ’ |
| 5 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 6 | It is not for everyone ; I can only recommend this book to those who are serious about the history of turning lathes and ornamental turning . |
| 7 | I can only volunteer that this is done by designers who have an imperfect understanding of the nature and properties of wood , or who are literally prepared to risk it . |
| 8 | ‘ I can only guess at the reason , ’ Becker said . |
| 9 | I was about to call a doctor and then , suddenly , I had a feeling which I can only describe as — excuse me — ecstatic . |
| 10 | How I do need to look away from self to God , I can only find satisfaction : in him . |
| 11 | As an aspiring recording artist , I can only hope you will enjoy your music and live the lifestyle , while you remember that the music business is a career , just like any other . |
| 12 | That such care may well characterize those activities which Scruton declares can not possess it is suggested by Andrew Lumsden 's appropriately passing remark on the casual , anonymous sexual encounter : ‘ for now I can only generalize : as I 've known it , men are never so peaceful , so unviolent ( physically and emotionally ) , so graceful with each other ( no matter how ‘ crude' ’ the act ) as they are — as we are — when content to take each other without the addition of names , or beds , or flats , or even of any clear impression of one-another 's looks ' ( Gay News , 235 ( Mar. 1982 ) , 17 ) . |
| 13 | They did n't say , as the teds did , I can only wear a drape They 'd mix it a bit , getting into biker stuff and cap-sleeved T-shirts . |
| 14 | I can only wonder at the fish that would have been caught when the river had fully fined down . |
| 15 | I said ‘ O.K. , I can only work as much as I can physically , no more . ’ |
| 16 | I can only say I was shocked and disgusted by the conditions in the factory , which were seen to constitute definite health and safety hazards . |
| 17 | ‘ I can only play the way I feel , ’ Arty said . |
| 18 | Holy Mass is in the evening and I can only say that the warmth of the presence of God is felt . |
| 19 | I can only say that on the evidence of Tesco 's cheapest , the rest will have a hard job keeping up . |
| 20 | I can only say that I see no right whatsoever . ’ |
| 21 | Questioned as he left Nato headquarters in Brussels , he said ‘ if indeed some loss of life has occurred , I can only express my very profound regret ’ . |
| 22 | I can only hope the experience encourages America to apply better judgment in its selection of ‘ allies ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ As for me , I can only shrink and plan a slinking away out of sight , since I love life too much to die . ’ |
| 24 | As I find myself an outsider at this point , I can only put to you another question : Are you really sure that the issue of the ordination of women is so fundamental to the gospel that you would leave your Church and , in some cases , surrender your ministries on that point ? |
| 25 | The damn window 's wide open across there and I can only see the gramophone . |
| 26 | I can only apologize , we 'll try and get his legs on the right way again when he comes back from Spain . |
| 27 | I can only tell you what I think I 'd do in your position and it is this . |
| 28 | I can only suppose that my name had respectable associations , and he thought it might allay criticism in what might be called Athenaeum circles . |
| 29 | I can only think of two adverts with Black children on . |
| 30 | Yes , but I can only do it if I am convinced . |