Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] only [vb infin] the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | I suppose I could only use the word tons . |
| 6 | I said , oh I 'd only have the timer and it let's you do half an hour at a time |
| 7 | I can only suppose the fans ignore you because they are too engrossed in my thought-provoking programme notes . |
| 8 | ‘ I can only express the hope that you 've not endangered your niece 's life by such behaviour . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 're the best lay the platoon has to offer , I can only hope the Germans win this bloody war . ’ |
| 11 | I can only hope the experience encourages America to apply better judgment in its selection of ‘ allies ’ . |
| 12 | I can only feel the whole , |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As Governor here , I can only surrender the town . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | In a similar vein , I can only praise the service offered by Doug Chandler and his merry men at Chandler Guitars in Kew . |
| 18 | ‘ I can only play the way I feel , ’ Arty said . |
| 19 | ‘ I can only remember the Maid 's Hook , ’ said Bessie , ‘ because it stands all on its own in the heavens and has such a definite shape . ’ |
| 20 | The damn window 's wide open across there and I can only see the gramophone . |
| 21 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you may only view the details of one of your relations ( ascendants or descendants ) ; if you have LIFESPAN Manager privilege you can view the details of any user . |
| 22 | If you are the Approver of the package you may only obtain the listings after the package has been submitted for approval . |
| 23 | Her role may be restricted to advising the carers on how to treat the patient , and she may only visit the family once . |
| 24 | So you 'll only get the positive . |
| 25 | Erm , you 've got that to tend with and erm on top of that erm , you ca n't ware of if you 've got a pass yes , I , you 've then have to er , get , you know , whether though it 'll be going to a and at the moment there suppose to be very , very low so they ca n't do that any more and then you 'll have to , the vet will then do the treatment for the animal , but again you do n't get the vet you 'll only get the training vet 's to do the job and then they reclaim from the R S P C A , so it , no way that they have n't got any funds . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'll only find the sugar that 's naturally in the fruit , ’ said spokesman Elon Newton . |
| 27 | On days like this you 'll only hear the sound of frost crunching , not sandwich munching . |
| 28 | She could only blame the sun , and the sea , and the insidious calypso music . |
| 29 | She understood that she could only leave the flat to shop for food at the Indian-owned store at the end of the street . |
| 30 | She could only whisper the words , her feelings were too intense , and his lips covered hers as he held her head to his and began to move inside her . |