Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CNAA , he explained , would take pressure off the University of London , and if other universities were not prepared to enter the field of external degrees ‘ they could not complain at the creation of the new body ’ . |
| 2 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 4 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 5 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 6 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |
| 7 | Lowe could n't know at the time how much both his private life and his work were about to go right . |
| 8 | Jimmy Smith polled ten per cent … surprisingly he was beaten by Steve Coppell … but the top two were way ahead … second big Billy Hamilton the ex United striker … and top by a long way the man who could n't live at the Manor with the Maxwells … |