Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] only [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I have an 18 month old son so I could only leave the conditioner on for three minutes but I was still very impressed . |
| 3 | I could only resolve the confusion by refusing to be involved with any political activity . |
| 4 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 5 | I could only manage a whisper . |
| 6 | Granny was seated in her rocking chair facing the fireplace , but her back was to me and I could only see the paper curlers she had in her hair . |
| 7 | ‘ I could only find a bottle of bourbon and some after-dinner liqueurs , ’ she told him , being careful to avoid contact with his hand . |
| 8 | I suppose I could only use the word tons . |
| 9 | And when I picked it up , I could only hear a whisper . |
| 10 | Unfortunately I could only get a ticket for the liverpool end . |
| 11 | I said , oh I 'd only have the timer and it let's you do half an hour at a time |
| 12 | Another in Sutton , Surrey , said : ‘ I would only want a bunch of wild flowers and the simplest departure possible . |
| 13 | Well I shall only spend a pound twenty four . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I can only wear an outfit a couple of times , so there 's no point spending a fortune , ’ she says . |
| 16 | I can only give an undertaking and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will accept it in the spirit in which it is given . |
| 17 | As a physician of Italian origin , I can only express a sense of surprise and shame which , I hope , is shared by the whole Italian biomedical community . |
| 18 | ‘ I can only express the hope that you 've not endangered your niece 's life by such behaviour . ’ |
| 19 | I think really I can only repeat the County Council 's position here chairman that we we do have sympathy with er the District Council 's position and the particular problems that the District Council have to face . |
| 20 | I can only hope the experience encourages America to apply better judgment in its selection of ‘ allies ’ . |
| 21 | I can only feel the whole , |
| 22 | I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after . |
| 23 | As Governor here , I can only surrender the town . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm very shy and I can only take a lot of people in small doses . |
| 25 | At the moment I can only take the family thing so far : I can talk about certain things , but then everything becomes a blank because I still feel too close to it all . |
| 26 | But as we walked further the noise we had heard , which at first might have been taken for wind and rain , began to break up into shouts , cries , calls , over a ground-bass which I can only call a sigh : a deep sigh , repeated over and over , as if the wide world itself were sighing . |
| 27 | But he had given patient thought to the matter , just as he had to the rest of the alien anatomy ; and he had ventured on what I can only call an abstraction of the human face . |
| 28 | ‘ If you ever find enough human emotion to fall in love then I can only pity the victim from the bottom of my heart , ’ she said savagely , lashing out in her pain like a wounded animal . |
| 29 | In a similar vein , I can only praise the service offered by Doug Chandler and his merry men at Chandler Guitars in Kew . |
| 30 | Not being a builder , nor an architect , I can only hazard a guess . |