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 .
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