Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder , Blanche realised , Swod could only pinion his face into the imitation of a smile . |
| 2 | Startled , Theda could only gaze at him . |
| 3 | ‘ Why — is he going away quite soon ? ’ asked Felicity in dismay , and Breeze could only gaze at her in astonishment . |
| 4 | Caps Lock will only type letters in upper case . |
| 5 | But on forty one minutes it was Milton who took the lead as new signee from A E R Harwell , Robbie Munn , was on hand to slide the ball home from close range as Matt Utteridge in the Bishops ' goal could only palm away Nigel Mott 's probing cross to send Milton in at the interval leading by a goal to nil . |
| 6 | The decision can only fuel speculation that it is suffering badly in the heat of an overcrowded Sparc-compatible marketplace that it once had to itself . |