Example sentences of "can only say [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I take as I find , and can only say that I was happy to do Toshack a favour a few years back when a friend , an international fixer with contacts in Portuguese football , rang to ask if anyone might be available to Sporting Lisbon . |
| 2 | Holy Mass is in the evening and I can only say that the warmth of the presence of God is felt . |
| 3 | I can only say that on the evidence of Tesco 's cheapest , the rest will have a hard job keeping up . |
| 4 | I can only say that I see no right whatsoever . ’ |
| 5 | R. W. Dale accepted in 1862 that the sneers against Dissenters ' Gothic had some validity but , he added , ‘ we can only say that we are inexperienced hands at this work . |
| 6 | In another letter to a Scottish admirer , she said ‘ I can only say that this bubble of my mind has risen on the mighty stream of a Divine purpose ’ . |
| 7 | As for the supposedly devastating impact of the John Major Diary in Private Eye , of which I am also a co-author , I can only say that , despite the article 's prediction , it did not seem to stand in the way of a gratifying number of people giving him their enthusiastic support on Thursday — including myself . |
| 8 | Many of our friends thought us too independent and adventurous to leave the shores of old England , and thus plunge into foreign countries not beneath Victoria 's sway , with no protecting relatives , but we can only say that we hope this will not be our last excursion of this kind . |
| 9 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 10 | In answer to those who might claim that the perverse approach to this particular movement illustrates that the conductor had lost his grip on the orchestra by the time of this recording , I can only say that the playing of the New Philharmonia is magnificent . |
| 11 | And if some greater authority decides the offence requires atonement , then I can only say that I shall pay the cost of it willingly . ’ |
| 12 | I can only say that it sounded like one of those across the passage from my room . ’ |
| 13 | I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . |
| 14 | One can only say that in that case there are an awful lot of them — ‘ the pits of Angband seemed to hold store inexhaustible and ever-renewed ’ ( S , p. 157 ) . |
| 15 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 16 | We can only say that the bundle includes a perception , a thought , or an emotion as one of its parts . |
| 17 | She added : ‘ If David King is saying substantial community services are being built up , I can only say that quite the opposite picture is being painted to me . |
| 18 | However , she points out that ‘ from a linguistic point of view we can only say that speech and writing are different : we can not say that one is superior to the other ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 19 | Protected now by the patrician watch of the CAA , the BMAA and a dedicated panel of engineers , I can only say that it is a happy return . |
| 20 | However , if we had a matrix of order 100 , it would have 9900 off-diagonal elements , and we can only say that at each stage the sum of the squares of these elements would decrease by 1/4950 at least ; convergence to diagonal form is likely to take very much longer than for a small matrix . |
| 21 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 22 | I can only say that in dealing with derelict land , providing new jobs and building factories we dwarf anything that the Labour party ever contemplated . |
| 23 | ‘ I can only say that I do n't remember any of this , ’ I said carefully . |
| 24 | ‘ I can only say that he was a very clever man . |
| 25 | Chairman and managing director of John Wood Group PLC Ian Wood agreed with Mr Steadman : ‘ I am glad I did not have the difficult task of judging the competition and can only say that I look forward to adding another series of works to our existing collection at John Wood House . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And I can only say that the Master will not like it if his breakfast and lunch do not arrive on time , because he serves his maid coffee , engages her in chit-chat , and encourages her to read disreputable papers when she ought to be blackleading the range , or scrubbing the kitchen floor . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , if it is indeed she , ’ came another , harder voice , ‘ I can only say that Rose Alderley is most tiresome . |
| 28 | At this stage I can only say that , as the statutory procedures are being correctly followed in all respects , a public inquiry would not be appropriate . |
| 29 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 30 | I can only say that the parting was such sweet sorrow . |