Example sentences of "could only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder , Blanche realised , Swod could only pinion his face into the imitation of a smile . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Why — is he going away quite soon ? ’ asked Felicity in dismay , and Breeze could only gaze at her in astonishment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Startled , Theda could only gaze at him . |
| 6 | She could not look away , could only gaze back at him , wondering what he sought . |
| 7 | For a second she could only gaze at him , completely at a loss . |
| 8 | Stephen Pears made a fine save but could only palm the ball into the path of Steve Butler . |
| 9 | 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 . |