Example sentences of "[noun sg] could n't [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is what the other blacksmiths had done : they 'd got hold of the horse 's hair and the horse could n't bear it to be touched . |
| 2 | But Dot could n't do anything for her because she had to escape . |
| 3 | Gretchen could n't feel anything below her chin , and she knew that was n't good . |
| 4 | My mum could n't stand it in the end she sa let's get back to bomb there ! |
| 5 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |
| 6 | ‘ Came in the morning 's post , but the postman could n't get it through your letter-box so he brought it round to me . ’ |
| 7 | Once the deed is done Father could n't do anything about it , especially if you 're away from the town . |
| 8 | anyway she said , er Catherine said she was surprised that the woman could n't do it for me , before the end of June |
| 9 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 10 | Anyway , he said that they had imposed this , and the Government could n't do anything about it . |
| 11 | And Miguelito could n't see him from the bank . |
| 12 | ‘ I think that either Floy could n't leave them for some reason , or — ’ |
| 13 | Jessamy could n't stop herself from moving restlessly . |
| 14 | The registry office could n't marry them at such short notice and they must wait until the following day . |