Example sentences of "[pron] could only [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 2 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 3 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 4 | As Lothar was still only in the lower clerical orders , those of the deacon , he had to be ordained priest , which could only take place on the ember days , so accordingly the ceremonies were delayed until Saturday and Sunday 21/22 February , six weeks after the election . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , whatever success was achieved within these programmes it was not enough to change the general picture of an agricultural system which could only expand production by having access to more land . |
| 6 | Just so long as the two of them were involved professionally , she was at ease with him , but once that link was severed , she could only feel antagonism towards him . |
| 7 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 8 | In a similar position would be a street trader , who regularly deals with a certain wholesaler and who could only gain credit from him by guaranteeing to purchase his goods . |
| 9 | You could feel the crowd willing it in but it did n't make it and I was beginning to feel it was slipping away , and especially when we could only make par at the 17th . |
| 10 | But we could only take care of little children ! |
| 11 | They could only speak Greek to the Romans , and it was for the Romans to decide whether they wanted an interpreter . |
| 12 | In May , 1992 , the regional health authority informed Riverside Health Authority ( the district health authority ) that the unit 's transfer was being reconsidered and it could only commit capital to the unit if the case load was increased and if the unit could withstand a reduction of charitable funding . |