Example sentences of "[pers pn] can only [vb infin] [art] [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 | ‘ I can only wear an outfit a couple of times , so there 's no point spending a fortune , ’ she says . |
| 3 | I can only give an undertaking and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will accept it in the spirit in which it is given . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I can only express the hope that you 've not endangered your niece 's life by such behaviour . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I can only hope the experience encourages America to apply better judgment in its selection of ‘ allies ’ . |
| 8 | I can only feel the whole , |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | As Governor here , I can only surrender the town . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm very shy and I can only take a lot of people in small doses . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | In a similar vein , I can only praise the service offered by Doug Chandler and his merry men at Chandler Guitars in Kew . |
| 17 | Not being a builder , nor an architect , I can only hazard a guess . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I can only play the way I feel , ’ Arty said . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . |
| 22 | The damn window 's wide open across there and I can only see the gramophone . |
| 23 | Make it clear , too , that she can only have the toy if she gives one of hers in exchange . |
| 24 | well she can only get a taxi I suppose |
| 25 | You can only alter the state as follows , from : |
| 26 | ‘ You can only dictate the game if you 're getting quality ball but at stages we were relying on scraps . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You can only dictate the game if you 're getting quality ball but at stages we were relying on scraps . ’ |
| 28 | These pages are similar to those of option 2.1.2 — Update DC , except that you can only view the information using this option . |
| 29 | There is no choice about the way through ; if you enter you can only earn the right to emerge by submitting yourself to a series of confrontations with the work . |
| 30 | Earlier in the same discussion Sockett ( 1980 ) argues that you can only hold the teacher accountable ‘ for what is within his control ’ . |