Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] him [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would not , could not leave him for this boy ! |
| 2 | Even marriage could not cure him of all his anxieties , and it is salutary to remember that , in some situations , he was as frightened of other people as they were of him : he often seemed shy and hesitant in conversation still . |
| 3 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 4 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 5 | Political theories could not provide him with any answers . |
| 6 | She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light . |
| 7 | But I could n't leave him like that , his back and legs bare . |
| 8 | He was right , but she could n't leave him like this . |
| 9 | She found she could n't tell him after all . |
| 10 | So we could n't fit him in either , so we 've actually sold Marvin sadly to Poole , which erm he 'll lead those to a good team I think . |
| 11 | Derby winner Dr Devious also raced freely before weakening into 10th and jockey Chris McCarron , who replaced regular rider John Reid , reported afterwards : ‘ I could n't control him at all . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd been a gentleman , she could n't fault him on that . |
| 13 | Now we could n't have him in this year to give the others a chance so this is how you voted for the nineteen ninety three racing personality of the year on Channel Four and let's take it in reverse order starting with the person who finished fourth . |
| 14 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 15 | I could n't keep him to any particular point — he kept slipping from one subject to another without seeming to realize it . ’ |