Example sentences of "[modal v] only think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of worrying about what fitzAlan might do to her after her last defiant outburst , she could only think that he might be in danger . |
| 2 | However , standing in the church behind her cousin , Laura could only think that Liz must be totally and blindly in love ! |
| 3 | He was never told why he lost his captaincy and I can only think that the committee felt that a more adventurous approach was needed . |
| 4 | I can only think that I mean it sticks to the sides of the bin at the bottom |
| 5 | I can only think that the teacher wanted to get as much mileage from the whole thing as she could . |
| 6 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |