Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 2 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 3 | He could n't see round the next bend , he must record , tapes were periscopes , his only chance , and the slow ink stolen and the wheels turning , and everything remembered , everything proved , he was whispering now , ‘ Why five , ’ he was whispering , ‘ is n't one enough ? ’ and a voice came back , a woman 's , Sharon 's , ‘ One what ? ’ |
| 4 | I could n't get to the first part again and yeah that 's right |
| 5 | Parts One and Two but could n't get past the first page . |
| 6 | Which footballer was sold for £4½ million but could n't get into the first team for 16 months ? |