Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [adv] come " in BNC.

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1 A cold , distant voice that could not possibly come from her spoke at my side .
2 All who have given thought to the matter agree that an apparatus as complex as the human eye could not possibly come into existence through single-step selection .
3 She could n't just come out with it .
4 My mind was so wrapped round with skeins of my own distant past that I could n't immediately come to grips with the demands of the present .
5 ‘ Raymond 's family could n't quite come to terms with eating something sweet at the start of a meal , ’ said Ilsa , laughing .
6 One died recently , but she could n't ever come to terms with the fact that her house had been burgled , and that the er , that some of her most valued contents had been taken .
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