Example sentences of "could only [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 2 | Dublin was not an industrialised city like Manchester or Birmingham ; the city 's industries of brewing and distilling could only absorb a fraction of the labour force . |
| 3 | Bradford slowly got into the game and nearly took the lead when Mark Prudhoe could only parry a piledriver from Mike Duxbury , then punched the ball away from the onrushing Sean McCarthy . |
| 4 | Bradford slowly got into the game and nearly took the lead when Mark Prudhoe could only parry a piledriver from Mike Duxbury , then punched the ball away from the onrushing Sean McCarthy . |
| 5 | A nuclear war could only last a matter of days and would be fought with the weapons that were in the hands of the military at the time ; there would be no question of re-supply , so British operational independence would not be jeopardized by buying US missiles . |
| 6 | Yorath reports no injury worries and he was further heartened last weekend when Rumania , who thrashed the Welsh 5–1 in May , could only manage a draw at home to Czechoslovakia . |
| 7 | It may sound priggish , but she says it 's unwise to go against one 's nature , its fundamental requirements , she knew that she could only make a go of it , a real go — and that was what she wanted — with some very extraordinary kind of man , and she had n't met him yet . |
| 8 | Secondly , the Wellcome Security Sub-System would control the operator identity passwords and ensure that : ( a ) an operator could only enter a system from a particular logical terminal ; and ( b ) that the operator could only access the system — and , indeed , programs — for which he/she was authorised . |
| 9 | Unfortunately I could only get a ticket for the liverpool end . |
| 10 | That 's been dropped too , because the GaAs semiconductor house CDC used could only get a yield of 2% good parts . |
| 11 | But he was an awkward man in conversation , he could only string a couple of pithy sentences together , or a witty epigram . |
| 12 | ‘ I could only find a bottle of bourbon and some after-dinner liqueurs , ’ she told him , being careful to avoid contact with his hand . |
| 13 | As individuals we could only raise a fraction of the figure from our personal resources , but Barclays were able to provide a Basis Loan , which together with conventional bank facilities , was enough to fund the purchase . |