Example sentences of "only [vb infin] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had heard it all before and could only think how differently she would be responding if Syl had been Nour . |
| 2 | At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes . |
| 3 | Rumours of a row between Graham and Merson are circulating , and that will only damage still further the Gunners ' cause after two shock defeats leaves them bottom of the new Premier League . |
| 4 | If we could only stay here longer in this village we could take the cure . |
| 5 | ‘ If I gave that impression then I can only apologize once again , ’ he said . |
| 6 | We think we can , although any such conclusions ( which we can only sketch out here ) will inevitably be inherently controversial . |
| 7 | An l.e.d. requires 2V approximately between its ends to make it work and the output from the stereo would hardly achieve this or might only do so intermittently with loud sounds . |
| 8 | Oh yes cos there must have been , that was John doing that this is oh this is great fun he says , and he er Johnny was saying that erm if he whispered he would only speak up louder . |
| 9 | All the other possibilities are highly context-bound , in that they can only appear in relatively explicit contexts-compare the a and b sentences in the following : |
| 10 | Not in those days , not for a good Catholic girl like Mary Moxton , who would only lapse so far , and abortion was a lot further . |
| 11 | Manager Alan Lockwood was forced to bring in a number of young faces and he could only look on agonisingly as they struggled against more experienced golfers in gusting winds . |
| 12 | United manager Alex Ferguson could only look on enviously . |
| 13 | But this will only emerge much later . |
| 14 | Saying you could probably only use practically only five hundred K |
| 15 | Finally , a reminder about circular knitting given in figure 2 will only work so long as there is n't a punchcard in the card reader . |
| 16 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 17 | It took two more days for these to appear , in a lengthy convoy of ox-drawn sledges which could only move painfully slowly . |
| 18 | As the outriders can only move so fast , their ability to reconnoitre ahead is limited . |
| 19 | It is now being restored again , one can only hope not too thoroughly , given its overpowering simplicity . |
| 20 | It is also possible to use festoon or ruched blinds at this type of window , but they would only draw up satisfactorily as far as the level at the bottom of the arch . |
| 21 | You need only set up elegantly simple categories and logic will whisk you to whatever conclusion you have in mind . |
| 22 | I 'd only set out again — and again — so you will have to let me come . ’ |
| 23 | Where lava erupts from a single vent a low exogenous dome may be formed from a succession of flows , but basaltic lava flows so readily that such features will only develop on nearly level surfaces . |
| 24 | The Meteorological Office said calculations from local records put such rain in the ‘ very rare event ’ category , something which might only happen there once in 500 years . |
| 25 | The shop , at No. 133 , will only sell Hyper Hyper 's new own-label ‘ International Collection ’ for women , which includes Lycra bodies from £50 and tailored jackets from £175 . |
| 26 | When the handicap player copies the picture and ‘ freezes ’ his movement , he might as well only swing back as far as that . |
| 27 | As they are only small they appear to be quite light , but seem to hold an edge and time can only tell how quickly they wear out . |
| 28 | Such an identification has important implications for the morticed stones and the timber portico already mentioned , suggesting that the central area preserved some level of architectural pretension ; this can only mean that early excavations failed to locate the contemporary timber buildings continuing Kenchester 's urban tradition into the fifth century . |
| 29 | In these conditions , the type of homosexuality that is mediated through pop music can only go just so far : in a perfect paradigm , Frankie Goes to Hollywood exploited the gay image of lead singers Paul Rutherford and Holly Johnson — for ‘ Relax ’ — and then dropped it like a hot potato as soon as another marketing device — this time , nuclear war became available for ‘ Two Tribes ’ . |
| 30 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |