Example sentences of "we can only [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can only rely on each other , and we may as well get one thing straight here and now , Dr Blake . |
| 2 | Presumably this made it possible to combine touch and smell information , though we can only guess about this . |
| 3 | ‘ I imagine , Professor Summerfield , ’ his voice floated back to them , ‘ that it 's because we are under surveillance , and in any case we can only go in one direction — oh . ’ |
| 4 | We may conceive several alternatives but we can only act on one of them . |
| 5 | This has often been criticised because we are told that in drawing an analogy we normally know ‘ both sides ’ that we are comparing ( eg ‘ does n't he look like a horse ? ’ , where we can look at both and judge ) , whereas in this case we can only look at one side , the object that we are comparing with God . |
| 6 | ‘ The Darkfall strike generates what we can only call at this stage a chemical reaction . |