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 . |