Example sentences of "can only [verb] that [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After these two letters , we hear no more of Osbern , and we can only conclude that he died soon after Anselm 's consecration . |
| 2 | I had n't even noticed the pickets and I can only presume that they had parted before me as I walked towards them as they still do today . |
| 3 | One can only suppose that he preferred an effective ruler , however unpleasant , to an ineffective one , however much recommended by his personal qualities . |
| 4 | I can only assume that it stemmed from wishful thinking or a misunderstanding on the part of one of the council employees or officers . |
| 5 | I can only hope that we gave her sufficient help and support when the problems came along . |
| 6 | That can only mean that he found it , on the balance of probabilities , to have had a causative effect . |
| 7 | I can only say that it sounded like one of those across the passage from my room . ’ |