Example sentences of "you could [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Normally I 'm accused of the reverse , ’ he says dryly , adding that you could not slip a playing card between him and the rest of the shadow Cabinet on policy . |
| 2 | If there is danger , you could not have a better man by your side . ’ |
| 3 | GILLIAN said you could n't make a general remark and then exclude half the human race , because fifty per cent of the time that someone will turn out to be female . |
| 4 | ‘ You could n't beat a fucking carpet , you . |
| 5 | Indeed ‘ the whole piece is something of a dream ’ ( Hugo Young , The Guardian , 21 June 1988 ) , in which ‘ you could n't take a single thing seriously ’ ( according to Pearce ) because ‘ any resemblance between it and the world of 1988 is due to administrative oversight ’ ( Patrick Stoddart , The Sunday Times , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 6 | But at times this urgency verged on desperation as we were told by Tookey that the film ‘ utterly fails to convince ’ ; by Frank Johnson that ‘ its politics are so plainly antediluvian ’ ; by Pearce that ‘ you could n't take a single thing seriously ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ You could n't fight a retired German whore . |
| 8 | All about how terrible we 'd been to one of the new teachers , how you could understand some of the other classes doing that , but not us , and you banged the desk so hard all the books fell off and we fell about laughing , and you had to laugh too , you could n't keep a straight face . |
| 9 | ‘ You could n't have a fairer face than Mary Bernadette Hogan , spinster of this parish , almost ten years of age , ’ said her father . |
| 10 | I think he did n't like the idea of gentle mists because you could n't put a hard line round them . ’ |
| 11 | You could n't get a regular parrot to do all that stuff . |
| 12 | You could n't get a regular job , or he could n't anyway . |
| 13 | These puppies are thriving in the warm environment , their owner says you could n't get a better start for young bird dogs . |
| 14 | And anyway , you could n't get a decent table up those stairs , they 're too narrow . |
| 15 | You could n't get a speaking part ? ’ |
| 16 | And after all , I knew that you could n't plead a prior engagement . ’ |
| 17 | By 1970 you could n't buy a derelict cottage in the Nunes neighbourhood for less than , 4,000 and Wyvis Hall would fetch five times that . |
| 18 | So , just when you thought you could n't afford a real Paul Reed Smith and were going to spend what money you had managed to save on something else , along comes the new EG range . |
| 19 | You could n't afford a dead Connie at the Regal Arms while there was still a live Connie at Zimmerman 's Sanatorium . |
| 20 | For a relaxing holiday in a quiet setting , yet with easy access of a lovely beach and the amazing nightlife of Palma and Magalluf , you could n't find a better spot to enjoy the best of both worlds . |