Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] only [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm up in court next week on a shoplifting charge , but I 'll only get a suspended or something like that . |
| 2 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 3 | I could only manage a whisper . |
| 4 | This year I could only stay a very short time , as I had to get out to Cliveden for a charity ball the same evening . |
| 5 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 6 | ‘ I could only find a bottle of bourbon and some after-dinner liqueurs , ’ she told him , being careful to avoid contact with his hand . |
| 7 | And when I picked it up , I could only hear a whisper . |
| 8 | Often I could only afford a small steak and kidney pie and I 'd give it to him , or a chop . |
| 9 | Unfortunately I could only get a ticket for the liverpool end . |
| 10 | I 'd only shoot a little bird if it was dead , if it was like half dead , like if Joe had shot it al |
| 11 | Another in Sutton , Surrey , said : ‘ I would only want a bunch of wild flowers and the simplest departure possible . |
| 12 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
| 13 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
| 14 | Well I shall only spend a pound twenty four . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If the hon. Gentleman and some brewers say that prices will increase , I can only quote a leading national newspaper which said : ’ Why should a pint be a pint everywhere but in a pub ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm very shy and I can only take a lot of people in small doses . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , in my view , Mrs. X has been shabbily treated in what I can only call a squalid affair . |
| 21 | I am sure that many must , like myself , have the feeling that the small democratic element which still exists within the governmental and constitutional framework of this country is being cast aside in favour of what I can only call a self-perpetuating oligarchy . |
| 22 | Not being a builder , nor an architect , I can only hazard a guess . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm hopeless on the guitar — I can only play a few chords . ’ |
| 25 | I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . |
| 26 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
| 27 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 28 | MacPherson himself could only manage a closing 75 and Cottrell 's Cheshire team mate Carl Nowicki finished with a 70 to claim a famous victory . |
| 29 | This was a situation which could only last a short time before complete economic and social collapse ensued . |
| 30 | For instance , a request for a male in operations department who can speak Italian can be tested by comparing each of the bit-pattern index entries in Table 8.3 against a mask of : The Boolean condition will be an AND , which will only return a true indication if all these bits are on . |