Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not sleep for sheer fatigue . |
| 2 | Mr Anderson told the tribunal he could not apply for bad debt relief until 12 months after the debt had arisen while Customs had penalised him for paying the VAT ‘ a mere 16 days late . ’ |
| 3 | We could not wish for greater clarity . |
| 4 | It was held that the tailor could not sue for any money because the goods were not necessaries ; the minor was already well supplied with waistcoats . |
| 5 | They argued that an interpretation in terms of the relative potency of crossed and uncrossed pathways could not account for this result . |
| 6 | One surely could n't hope for greater understanding . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 8 | We could n't tender for new business . |
| 9 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 10 | Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life … |
| 11 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |