Example sentences of "we [modal v] only [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could only travel at the rate of the slowest ship , and once out in the Irish Sea were ‘ blacked out ’ . |
| 2 | Even if we were to include the value attributed to armaments in PP4 we would only arrive at a total of 21,019 . |
| 3 | The fact that we can only guess at the figures is one of the first clues to their situation . |
| 4 | ’ We can only guess at the pain and stress those animals suffered . |
| 5 | For one thing , we can only guess at the proportion of actual offences known to the police . |