Example sentences of "he [vb mod] only [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 2 | The old cooking cause he 'll only eat a cooked dinner |
| 3 | He then became able to bar the entail , but , being tenant in tail remainder only , he could only effect a total bar by disentailing with the consent of his father , the tenant in possession . |
| 4 | After going out to inspect the works already projected , he could only suggest a still further-out ditch to be dug , in the rock , for the greater distancing of cannon and balista . |
| 5 | Let me repeat Edmund Burke 's remark : ‘ Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little . ’ |
| 6 | But he was an awkward man in conversation , he could only string a couple of pithy sentences together , or a witty epigram . |
| 7 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 8 | And if Rangers striker Mark Hateley needs a preview of what he 's up against at Ibrox tonight , he need only watch a video replay of that moment of madness . |
| 9 | When Durbeyfield heard he would only get a few shillings for Prince 's dead body , he rose to the occasion . |
| 10 | It is important to put a purchaser on notice that he will only get a good receipt if he pays any purchase money to two trustees or to a trust corporation ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
| 11 | In such a situation the teacher can not choose when to use the programme , and unless it is a rebroadcast , he will only have a very general idea of what the programme will be about or what its language content will be ( vocabulary , grammar , structures , level of difficulty , appropriateness , etc ) . |
| 12 | The head of an agency can not typically ensure that his subordinates behave in a way that is exactly specified ; he can only design a policy to which they respond , and his perception of their response shapes the design . |
| 13 | Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . |
| 14 | If the referee has any doubt as to whether or not a try would have been scored he can only award a penalty , exactly the decision in the final . |
| 15 | Today he 's kept alive by a machine … he can only walk a few yards before getting out of breath . |
| 16 | One depicts Mary 's first husband , Francis II , three times rushing to welcome her in heaven , and three times finding that he can only embrace a headless body , so that he curses his people ; whereupon the poet exhorts them to forget their own troubles , and unite to destroy England and send its queen to a dreadful death . |
| 17 | ‘ He can only drive a specially-adapted car and that would stand out like a sore thumb if he was moving about doing something related to terrorism ’ , Mrs Drumgoole said . |
| 18 | he can only have a siesta |
| 19 | But he can only get a hundred pound back if he 's get it from the bank . |