Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] only [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like his father , who had appointed him bishop , Richard could only admire the courage and saintliness of Hugh of Lincoln . |
| 2 | Smith somehow got back to clear Stuart Rimmer 's shot off the line after the Quakers ' new style offside trap was sprung by Paul Comstive , and Mark Prudhoe could only head the ball to the forward 's feet . |
| 3 | TED COULD only enlist the spirit of Churchill to his cause . |
| 4 | Hands kept well away from Dronfield , staying at a hotel in Derby , on the grounds that the appearance of an HMI would only implicate the board in Outram 's dismissal . |
| 5 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 6 | It was touching and exciting to be there at the end singing ‘ It 's a lovely day tomorrow ’ with Cilla and Su and Cannon and Wisdom and Norden and Ball , and God could only bless the GB Public for their incredible largess . |
| 7 | As long as these fears persist , Mr Horn could only obtain the diminution , rather than a solution , to the problem of the Hungarian minority in Romania . |
| 8 | 2 mins later Leeds DID score , A McAllister corner , good header on target by Speed , Coton could only push the ball out and Deane swept it in . |
| 9 | The tragedy of The Smiths is that Morrissey could only become the victim of the perfection of his style . |
| 10 | The Keeper of the Temple will only give the Key to those who have proved themselves worthy . |
| 11 | Apart from the occasional siren from the boats on the Thames , Blake could only hear the sounds of footsteps on the cobbled steps . |
| 12 | Jenny could only judge the effectiveness of her cool self-possessed act from its results . |
| 13 | Note that on a Friday or a Saturday , these will coincide ; and given the rule that today and tomorrow pre-empt calendrical day names , on Wednesday and Thursday , next Thursday can only mean the Thursday of next week . |
| 14 | Apart from a header comfortably collected by Martyn , McClair could only chase the game . |
| 15 | Heron can not have enjoyed being on his list but the prospect of negotiating with Mr Klesch can only encourage the company to settle quickly and generously . |
| 16 | The enlargement of the EEC to include Sweden , Finland , Austria and Switzerland can only have the effect of lowering the common denominator still further , and of weakening the position of those states which still have national interests to pursue in the world . |