Example sentences of "[pers pn] can only [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'm very shy and I can only take a lot of people in small doses . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not being a builder , nor an architect , I can only hazard a guess . |
| 6 | I can only hazard a guess at what it must have been like to sail in a typical convoy , with bombers and submarines liable to strike at any moment , or to brave the Western Approaches with only a couple of inches of rusting metal between yourself and the enemy . |
| 7 | I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . |
| 8 | well she can only get a taxi I suppose |
| 9 | Note , however , that you can only add a maximum of 10 modules to any one SPR . |
| 10 | Note , however , that you can only add a maximum of 10 modules to any one SPR . |
| 11 | You can only call a truce if there 's a war — " |
| 12 | As we have said , you can only develop a skill by practising it . |
| 13 | Toyota you can only buy a car in Toyota through network marketing |
| 14 | But what if you can only afford a garden shed ? |
| 15 | You can only claim a prize if your eighth and final move leaves you on a circle containing a prize . |
| 16 | You can only have a bath in our house . |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't destroy , Bronson , you can only convert a thing 's form . ’ |
| 18 | erm We 've got to recognise the professional advice that Matthew is giving us in this report , that he , he needs professional trained staff , and it grieves me that really we can only offer a technician when he is asking for something more . |
| 19 | What the connection is we can only hazard a guess at but it confirms all our worst suspicions about anything-core outfits once and for all . |
| 20 | ‘ We can only afford a caravan , God 's honour . |
| 21 | Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market . |
| 22 | Never to tell a press man the truth again ( they can only turn a lie into an unplayable one ) |
| 23 | Buddhists call such anxiety an ‘ unskilful state ’ because it can only embed a person in the ego he is seeking to transcend . |
| 24 | It can only establish a correlation between two behaviour patterns ; but a correlation can always be explained by both activities being caused by a third , unobserved activity . |
| 25 | The head of an agency can not typically ensure that his subordinates behave in a way that is exactly specified ; he can only design a policy to which they respond , and his perception of their response shapes the design . |
| 26 | Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . |
| 27 | If the referee has any doubt as to whether or not a try would have been scored he can only award a penalty , exactly the decision in the final . |
| 28 | he can only have a siesta |