Example sentences of "he [vb mod] only [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , though Sweeney appears to promise a way out , he may only lead the sensitive reader back into the circle of sexual-religious speculations . |
| 2 | In the same way he may only despatch the liquor to the customer outwith permitted hours . |
| 3 | The child knows that he may only win the object or activity back by compliance . |
| 4 | Manager Howard Kendall said : ‘ It 's better Paul has this done now and he should only miss the first two weeks of pre-season training . ’ |
| 5 | And he 'll only start the job if he can afford it , that 's if he 's a wise man . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 7 | The old cooking cause he 'll only eat a cooked dinner |
| 8 | So if you see Ron , tell him if he goes back and keeps shut-up , he 'll only have the AWOL to answer for . |
| 9 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He shot straight at the first one , who fell back into the trench , but by then he could only watch the other three take aim . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Let me repeat Edmund Burke 's remark : ‘ Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little . ’ |
| 14 | He felt that if he could only solve the button problem something else would be explained . |
| 15 | He might have listened to complaints of how stifling an aunt could be when one wanted to wander around London alone , or how one got sick in Venice or Paris , but he could only touch an elbow with mock sympathy or pat a sea-sprayed hand . |
| 16 | But he was an awkward man in conversation , he could only string a couple of pithy sentences together , or a witty epigram . |
| 17 | He could only use the microphone after his two Iraqi assistants had gone home . |
| 18 | He could only hear the distant sound of police whistles , screaming for help . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 21 | Cunningham had strengthened his belief that if he could only follow the clues for which Heather 's photographs were somehow emblems he would find the truth — and Heather with it . |
| 22 | There was a psalm he wanted to say before he went , but he could only remember the beginning of it , so he repeated the words over and over again : " Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee , O Lord : Lord hear my voice … " |
| 23 | He could only imagine the impatience of the thousands waiting in the late summer sun outside . |
| 24 | He 'd only smoke the stuff . |
| 25 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman does not need to rely on my words to rebut every word that he has just said ; he need only read the latest edition of the in-house magazine of the Confederation of Health Service Employees , where it is written : ’ The Mid-Glamorgan District Linen Service is efficient because it has no choice . |
| 28 | The North Korean Prime Minister , Yon Hyong Muk , in a telephone message on Aug. 9 to his Southern counterpart , Kang Young Hoon , stated that he would only accept the list of visitors if the South met three preconditions . |
| 29 | We were not terribly surprised when he was informed that he would only receive the basic amount , since he had been lucky enough to get a golden handshake . |
| 30 | He shook his head slowly , to show some reaction , staring past the druggist at the dark handcrafted old shelving , wondering if he should remember every detail of this place , and sadly realising he would only remember the huge can of chilli that appeared on the menu board as Home Made . |