He could only have been actuated by animus when he wrote that letter.
If she had been seen getting into a hansom it could only have been to come here.
The Hebrew proverb that "A fast for a dream, is as fire for stubble," which it kindles, could only have been invented by a people whose superstitions attached a holy mystery to fasts and dreams.
Peter, the eldest son of Piers Legh, could only have been a youth of some eight summers when his father met his untimely end.
Common report says there was a house here as early as the reign of King John, but the story is unsupported by any existing evidence; if there were a dwelling at all it could only have been a kind of hunting lodge.
No matter what might have been the strength of Alexander's force it could only have been numbered by hundreds and not by thousands, when it reached the summit of the mountain.
I have, perhaps, said enough to indicate that the old highways through Makran, however much they may have assisted trade and traffic between East and West, could only have been confined to very narrow limits indeed.
The space between the entablature and the cella, however, could only have been bridged by means of timbers.
So characteristic a style, requiring the use of costly materials, could only have been developed in an important centre of wealth and culture.
A niche for the images of the household gods was placed in the wall at the left, so high up that it could only have been reached by means of a ladder.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could only have been" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
