Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well you do it , I 'll only muck it up . |
| 2 | Aisha 's insistent words in the grain store , as she shook her gold earrings and the bangles on her wrist , urging me to stay at home , but I could only gaze at her shoes and marvel at how exactly they matched her handbag . |
| 3 | Since it was Dane 's name on the hoardings which had sold out the theatre on opening night and for several weeks to come , Josh 's kindness brought a painful lump to her throat , and she could only gaze at him in mute gratitude . |
| 4 | For a second she could only gaze at him , completely at a loss . |
| 5 | If you choose the ‘ one direction ’ option , you can only wellie it in the direction you 're facing . |
| 6 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 7 | No you ca n't , you , you only have , you can only hand write . |
| 8 | Erm , what I 'll also do , we 'll only sort of talk for about twenty five minutes , about the essay , and then we 'll look at sh writing short answers er , for the exam , |
| 9 | For a brief moment it seemed that the rain still hesitated , that it would only patter dispiritedly on the dust-filled gutters where its drops rolled like quick-silver . |