Example sentences of "he [vb mod] only [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Graeme Souness 's touchline ban meant he could only watch in anguish from the directors ' box . |
| 2 | A general in the regular army , he could only serve as lieutenant-colonel of the Sussex militia . |
| 3 | The problem with Orwell is that he could only think of class conflict in terms of major insurrectionary conflict . |
| 4 | Freud 's he just could n't speak Hebrew , he could only speak in Egyptian and so on and so on . |
| 5 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 6 | Sadly , this is what Arts educationalists like Malcolm Ross ( 1978 ) would deny our children , for he can only perceive of drama as a Performing Art . |
| 7 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 8 | ‘ In relation to a dwelling-house , whether it is a protected tenancy or not , the plaintiff may not enter into possession himself , even peaceably , and he can only enter into possession under a writ of possession ( Protection from Eviction Act 1977 , section 3 ) negativing to this extent Aglionby v. Cohen [ 1955 ] 1 Q.B . |