Example sentences of "n't possibly [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I could n't possibly do that . |
2 | ‘ We ca n't possibly do that . ’ |
3 | The following month the government say oh we ca n't possibly do that , and four or five months later they hap they happen to do it . |
4 | You ca n't possibly do this job , ’ but his cases were always brought to a conclusion in the minimum time and , more importantly , with the minimum expense . |
5 | ‘ You ca n't possibly do more than an hour , not after a full day 's rehearsal . |
6 | ‘ We ca n't possibly do any more work today . ’ |
7 | ‘ She ca n't possibly wear that ! ’ |
8 | Robbie ca n't possibly wear that . ’ |
9 | ‘ I ca n't possibly manage all the kitchen stuff on my own . ’ |
10 | Yes , but it 's , he , he could n't possibly push that buggy |
11 | I ca n't possibly take any of it down . |
12 | I could n't get a knee up to break its back , either , because I was almost slipping down the slope as it was , and I could n't possibly get any purchase on that surface with only one leg . |
13 | ask it questions , it 's obviously on the telephone because you can ask what the balance is and it will tell you , and it ca n't possibly know that and Cleethorpes , when you put the card in the Cleethorpes thing , that , you know , your bank balance at Nottingham is so it 's obviously on the telephone erm and it 's on the telephone to a central computer which holds quite a lot of information , it accesses |
14 | He could n't possibly accept such a demotion . ’ |
15 | I stated my objections : first , there was still Lauda there and with Niki in the Number One seat , Mario could n't possibly accept that . |
16 | ‘ I ca n't possibly understand that . |
17 | My argument was that he might as well use pit-props for his fishing , for he could n't possibly gain any enjoyment from playing fish , or handling such a rod with no more than a 4lb line . |
18 | It 's all too easy to think that whatever we do here in Britain ca n't possibly have any effect on people in countries thousands of miles away . |
19 | Reason said he could n't possibly have any recollection of a nineteen-year-old nobody he had once caused to be dismissed from her first job , but the knowledge of her bones was stronger . |
20 | Now he knew that something in her life had caused her great pain and , even though he could n't possibly have any idea what it had been , still she was racked by his knowing even that much about her . |