Example sentences of "could only [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could only rely on that , his wearying before she did . |
| 2 | For some reason she could only move with nightmarish sluggishness , while everyone around her tore past with dizzying speed . |
| 3 | But somehow Folly could only think of one person who might have sent her so tantalising a message . |
| 4 | ‘ I could only think of stupid , unimportant questions . |
| 5 | I could only think of that oh so English phrase ‘ It 's not fair ’ . |
| 6 | They could only think of another children 's home . |
| 7 | The rear gunner loosed off a round of deadliness in the general direction of the fighter , but , it seemed , he was not the target and Biggins could only watch in morbid fascination as his wing man went down in flames . |
| 8 | Standing awkwardly on one leg , she looked round for her other shoe and could only watch in helpless despair as she saw it slowly sink . |
| 9 | Less than two centuries ago , when the English Romantics saw the Alps they could only stare with wild surmise . |
| 10 | Taken aback , she could only stare in wide-eyed silence at the man who had materialised out of nowhere at her side . |
| 11 | Occasionally she would allow her gaze to drop on to one of the other patients with a look which Theodora could only interpret as startled amazement . |
| 12 | Not only were they more cheaply remunerated — at the church 's expense , mainly — and far more experienced in the business and technicalities of administration and negotiation , but their clerical status gave them a weight which most laymen could only acquire by aristocratic connections or by ennoblement ; lay chancellors , to be of any consequence , needed political and dynastic links , which could also spell danger for the king . |
| 13 | There was nothing General Francis could do , and because of his arthritis he could only sit with any comfort on a hard chair . |
| 14 | ‘ He could only talk like that because Ken was religious himself , ’ said John Lahr , who recounted many of the Williams reactions in Prick Up Your Ears . |
| 15 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 16 | Lacking competition practice , she could only finish in sixth position . |
| 17 | Almost fainting from lack of air , she could only answer in choked gasps . |
| 18 | I decided that neither one was a social system and that one could only speak of social change in social systems . |
| 19 | Although the road was originally intended to be a private toll-financed venture , the feasibility study suggested that tolls could only contribute between 30 and 40 per cent of the revenue required . |
| 20 | Because each and every one of our guests is treated with the inimitable style and personal attention that you could only expect from such a grand hotel . |
| 21 | His hands tightened when she tried to step back , and Claudia , refusing a struggle that could only lead to one thing , stood very still . |
| 22 | ‘ It was felt that the Government 's proposals could only lead to inadequate funding which would inevitably force many practitioners to leave duty solicitor schemes and indeed the criminal practice permanently . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It was felt that the Government 's proposals could only lead to inadequate funding which would inevitably force many practitioners to leave duty solicitor schemes and indeed the criminal practice permanently . ’ |
| 24 | Compassion could only lead to increased confusion , for it would be wasted on her . |
| 25 | He did try , but he could only stand on one foot . |
| 26 | ‘ I wept on the night the sidh were last seen at Tara , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ for I knew that they could only sing for one of you , and that there could only be one ruler . |
| 27 | That deeply masculine voice , far too close to her ear , could only belong to one person . |
| 28 | This did n't matter so much for physiological or anatomical studies , where one could only work with small numbers of animals anyhow ; but for biochemistry , when larger numbers were needed , it made progress very slow . |
| 29 | And above them you 've got the F B I which means the F B I could come to your state and they would control all the police work , but they could go to another state , whereas all the state police could only work within one state . |
| 30 | Anil Kumble took four of the seven wickets to fall today and England could only quibble with one of them — when Graeme Hick looked to have been wrongly given out for 47 , caught off bat-and-pad at short leg . |