Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But we could only take care of little children ! |
| 8 | They could only speak Greek to the Romans , and it was for the Romans to decide whether they wanted an interpreter . |
| 9 | 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 . |