Example sentences of "[pron] can only [vb infin] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 2 | I can only think that I mean it sticks to the sides of the bin at the bottom |
| 3 | My hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield has already enlarged upon the facts in the fine document which was produced in 1991 and I can only assume that they are correct . |
| 4 | I can only assume that it stemmed from wishful thinking or a misunderstanding on the part of one of the council employees or officers . |
| 5 | I can only assume that it was from his previous experience as chairman of the Greater London council in 1985-86 that he learnt all about ’ getting your friends appointed to the key jobs ’ , and that that is why he assumes that the same is happening in the civil service now . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't have any real scruples about our supposed affair or we would n't be working for you , so I can only assume that you 're making this personal attack for the sheer hell of it , because you once got a kick out of disapproving of me — despising me — and you 're trying to recapture the thrill of it all . ’ |
| 7 | I had n't even noticed the pickets and I can only presume that they had parted before me as I walked towards them as they still do today . |
| 8 | If the husbands ask why there should be such a penalty , then I can only answer that it is because Parliament has enacted as it did . ’ |
| 9 | I can only repeat that we esteem his son 's achievements , that we wish him well in his future and that his family has good cause to think kindly of a school which has provided an excellent education , many opportunities and much success . |
| 10 | He will have his failures , of course , but there will always be failures while learning anything and I can only repeat that it is a method well worth learning . |
| 11 | ‘ I can only repeat that you 're wasting your time with me . |
| 12 | I can only suggest that he considers Inductive Hearing with one small microphone and an amplifier . |
| 13 | I can only hope that we gave her sufficient help and support when the problems came along . |
| 14 | To those who did agree to sell , but now find their acceptance forms are being returned to them , I can only hope that you are not too disappointed at being involuntarily back on the winning side ! |
| 15 | If this view is correct , I can only conclude that I was saddled with both sets of anxieties and , in addition , that there are more and more adolescent girls today who are finding themselves in the same position . |
| 16 | Any selection of a few new titles , therefore , is bound to be especially arbitrary ; I can only plead that I 've made it as wide as possible . |
| 17 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 18 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 19 | ‘ I can only say that he was a very clever man . |
| 20 | I can only say that I see no right whatsoever . ’ |
| 21 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 22 | And if some greater authority decides the offence requires atonement , then I can only say that I shall pay the cost of it willingly . ’ |
| 23 | I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . |
| 24 | ‘ I can only say that I do n't remember any of this , ’ I said carefully . |
| 25 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 26 | Erm I can only say that I believe that there should be an examination of them erm we need to know exactly erm what brought about these tremendous floods . |
| 27 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |
| 28 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 29 | I can only say that it sounded like one of those across the passage from my room . ’ |
| 30 | Protected now by the patrician watch of the CAA , the BMAA and a dedicated panel of engineers , I can only say that it is a happy return . |