Examples of 'we were only able' in a sentence

Meaning of "we were only able"

suggests that the person speaking or a group of people were capable of doing or achieving only a certain amount or level of something

How to use "we were only able" in a sentence

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we were only able
It is true we were only able to capture the host.
A single study was found in Spanish, however we were only able to obtain its summary.
We were only able to catch a few fragments before it was gone.
Unfortunately we were only able to go one time.
We were only able to salvage bits and pieces.
So depressed we were only able to go twice.
We were only able to learn a limited amount from.
Unfortunately we were only able.
We were only able to locate her last place.
Great adventure but with limited time we were only able to do the upper portion.
We were only able to see one of these villages.
Because of publication deadlines we were only able to attend the Saturday show.
We were only able to meet a fraction of the guests.
Of the five villages, we were only able to visit four.
We were only able to buy them in pounds.

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Sturdiness was decent, and we were only able to twist and warp it slightly.
We were only able to do the animations in class.
Due to our time constraint, we were only able to do a limited amount.
We were only able to catch a few words.
Our biggest disappointment was that we were only able to stay for one night!
We were only able to extract bits and pieces of data.
Valtteri 's race was not as eventful but we were only able to get a couple of points.
We were only able to remove one of the bullets though.
The file was corrupted . We were only able to catch a few words.
We were only able to identify it last week.
In this Liberal-majority committee, we were only able to secure two meetings on canola.
We were only able to see him in public.
The file was corrupted . We were only able to catch a few words here and there.
We were only able to book him for one performance.
But since we're busy at work, we were only able to go their twice.
We were only able to view them due to the season.
Despite our best efforts, however, we were only able to save this one.
We were only able to retrieve his body.
That was lacking in the past when we were only able to measure selected cross-sections . ”.
We were only able to attend one day.
I regret that we were only able to think of 3 . ”.
We were only able to sell our land to them.
Unfortunately we were only able to fire up one bulb.
So we were only able to explore the nearby area.
Because of his age, we were only able to contract him for three years.
We were only able to catch a few words here and there.
At the time we were only able to find the chorus.
We were only able to record this much when she fainted.
Previously we were only able to screen libraries of a few thousand compounds.
We were only able to beat back the attack because of you.
In our demo we were only able to play Toggle in a two player configuration.
We were only able to identify four.
At Addo we were only able to get a campsite for the one night.
We were only able to pick on a small sector by way of example.
At first, we were only able to regenerate skin tissue.

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